STRATFORD, Conn., Dec. 14, 2017 – Sikorsky, A Lockheed Martin Company, presented a check for more than $28,000 to Patient AirLift Services on Wednesday, Dec. 13, for the organization’s PALS for Patriots program. In the photo above from left: Dana Fiatarone, Sikorsky Vice President, Commercial Systems & Services, Eileen Minogue, PALS Executive Director, and Marine Staff Sgt. David Crouse, a Connecticut Wounded Warrior who lost his left hand and left eye when a bomb he was trying to dismantle detonated on him during a humanitarian mission in Cambodia. Sikorsky is proud to partner with Patient AirLift Services, a nonprofit organization that donates flights to medical patients and military families. The PALS for Patriots program serves military servicemen and women who suffered serious, service-connected injury, by transporting them to specialized military medical centers and to morale- boosting events.
Patient AirLift Services (PALS) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable aviation organization that arranges free PALS Flights through our volunteer aviation community for individuals requiring medical diagnosis, treatment or follow-up, for compassionate assistance, for military personnel/ family requests through the PALS for Patriots Program, or for humanitarian purposes through our PALS Sky Hope Disaster Relief Program. PALS is located at Republic Airport in Farmingdale, NY and has arranged over 14,700 flights to date. For more information about Patient AirLift Services visit ww.PALSflight.org or call 631-694-PALS (7257).
About Lockheed Martin
Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that employs approximately 97,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services.
