Airmen pay tribute at the Combat Truckers Memorial 5k
Air Force Staff Sgt. Allen De Palma, 773rd Logistics Readiness Squadron noncommissioned officer in charge of storage management, high-fives Air Force 1st Lt. Ryan Rankin, 773d LRS installation deployment officer, during the first annual Combat Truckers Memorial 5k at Joint Base Elmendorf, Alaska, Aug. 29, 2018. The run commemorated the anniversary of the day Airman 1st Class Carl Anderson, a 3rd Logistics Readiness Squadron vehicle operator, was killed in combat while conducting convoy operations in Iraq. The event also paid tribute to all vehicle operators who have made the ultimate sacrifice while conducting combat convoy operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.