PGRNY Completed Missions

HOTH Mission

Patriot Flight Honor Flight
Sendoff and Welcome Home

All Military Branches

Albany, NY - 10/06/2023

***UPDATED 04 October 2023 - 06:50 hrs***
Airport parking instructions have been updated.
See updated info below

Mission applies to the following Region(s):

Region 4, Region 5

About the Mission:

Patriot Flight organizers have once again requested the participation of Patriot Guard Riders in the sendoff ceremonies and welcome home for veterans traveling to Washington DC as part of the Honor Flight Network. As we have done in the past with Patriot Flight, at "O-Darker-Thirty", PGR riders will escort the veterans from the staging point shown below to Albany International Airport, where the sendoff ceremonies will take place". We have also been asked to welcome our honored veterans back home that night. Please see details in Stage Two of this mission posting below.

The escort and airport ceremony are open to any and all individual motorcyclist and motorcycle clubs and organizations. Please do your best to participate in this mission. It's important that we demonstrate to our veterans that they have never been forgotten.

Primary Staging Date and Staging Time:

10/06/2023 at 03:15am

Staging Location:

Times Union Building
645 Albany Shaker Rd.
Albany, NY 12211

Lead Ride Captain and Contact Info:

Ray Sestak
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518-669-3358

Special Covid-19 Mission Guidelines:

Updated 8 March 2022

Based on the most current COVID-19 Prevention Guidelines: Protect Yourself and Your Family from COVID-19, and CDC Guidelines of 3 March 2022, going forward, the Lead Ride Captain for any mission will be responsible for determining whether PGR members will have to mask up or not. Please ensure that you have a mask with you, should the need arise, and respect the LRC’s decision in these matters.

Special Information:

Staging will be in the rear parking lot area. Anticipated KSU of 03:30 for riders to escort veterans to the Albany International Airport. Upon arrival, members will form a flag line inside the baggage claim area for the sendoff ceremony. Rider parking will be in the taxi lane of the airport.

For those members staging directly at the airport, please form a flag line at the last entrance of the Baggage Claim area for the arrival of our heroes.

UPDATED

Due to ongoing construction at the airport, the taxi lane and other nearby areas are closed.  All escort motorcycles are to park in the Red Hawk Lot near the Fire Department, on Jetway Drive.  Click here for a map of the area  A second shuttle has been added to the route to provide transport to and from the terminal.  Cagers can utilize the Short Term Parking lot, or the Red Hawk Lot.

Is there a Second Stage to this Mission?

yes

Second Staging Date and Staging Time:

10/06/2023 at 11:15pm

Second Location:

Albany International Airport
Albany Shaker Rd.
Colonie, NY 12211

Second Lead Ride Captain and Contact Info:

Ray Sestak
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518-669-3358

Second Stage - Special Information:

Staging on the second floor of the terminal with a flag line for the Welcome Home of our vets. Anticipated flight arrival is 11:30 pm. Patriot Flight organizers have requested a PGR escort back to the TU building.

Is there a Third Stage to this Mission?

no

Submitted by:

Ray Sestak

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