A record number of runners—12,000—from all 50 states and six nations participated in last weekend’s 2010 Air Force Marathon events at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. Capt. Brian Dumm, 27, an Air Force Academy professor, won the full marathon on Sept. 18 with a time of 2:27:49. “To win this on the Air Force’s birthday is pretty cool,” he said. Rebecca Murray, 25, of Franklin, Tenn., was the top female marathon finisher, clocking in at 3:01:07. Adam Rose, 16, of Macomb, Mich., won the men’s full marathon hand crank wheel division (1:33:37), and Joy Koester, 50, of Indianapolis, Ind., won the women’s full marathon in hand crank (2:32:19). Capt. Ben Payne, 29, won the half marathon (1:08:28), while Christina Johnston, 30, of Xenia, Ohio, was the top female half-marathoner (1:18:21). Among the notable finishers, Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz completed the men’s 10k in 1:00:23. (Wright-Patterson report by Bill Hancock)
Wilsbach on Key Takeaway from Pacific ABMS Onramp
Oct. 27, 2020
Real-time, highly-detailed airfield status around the Pacific theater was one of the standout features of the Valiant Shield/Advanced Battle Management experiment run in September, Pacific Air Forces chief Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach reported at an AFA Mitchell Institute streaming event Oct. 27. It's the single feature he would most want…