Local veteran Dale Gonyea, second from right, poses with his grandson Ryan Tummons and state troopers Brian Goetz, far left, and James D’Ambro, far right, at Gonyea’s home in Bloomingdale Friday before his North Country Honor Flight departure. North Country Honor Flight is a chapter of the larger Honor Flight Network, which sends veterans to Washington, D.C. to visit memorials for a one-day visit. They will be flying out from the Plattsburgh International Airport this morning and returning in the evening. (Enterprise photo — Galen Halasz)

Local veteran Wilbur (Bill) Lyon, far left, poses with State Trooper James D’Ambro and veteran Dale Gonyea, of Bloomingdale, at Lyon’s home in Vermontville Friday before his North Country Honor Flight departure. North Country Honor Flight is a chapter of the larger Honor Flight Network, which sends veterans to Washington, D.C. to visit memorials for a one-day visit. They will be flying out from the Plattsburgh International Airport this morning and returning in the evening. (Enterprise photo — Galen Halasz)