Photos: Desert Boneyard 5K Fun Run/Walk
Pictures from the first ever run through the Davis-Monthan aircraft boneyard on Saturday, April 27.
Desert Boneyard 5K
Two runners hustle across a field for the start of the first ever Desert Boneyard 5K Fun Run/Walk on Saturday, April 27, 2013, at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group's aircraft storage facility on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Ariz. Roughly 600 people signed up for the event that ran participants through the boneyard's 2,600 acres that serve as home to 4,000 aircraft and aerospace vehicles from all branches of the military.
Desert Boneyard 5K
With C-130 cargo planes in the background, participants walk the grounds before the first ever Desert Boneyard 5K Fun Run/Walk on Saturday, April 27 at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group's aircraft storage facility on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.
Desert Boneyard 5K
Runners with myTEAM TRIUMPH lead the way at the start of the first ever Desert Boneyard 5K Fun Run/Walk on Saturday, April 27, at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group's aircraft storage facility on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. The red-clad group helps children, teens and adults with disabilities experience and compete in endurance events.
Desert Boneyard 5K
Sarah Ruckriegle takes a GoPro video camera along for her trek at the first ever Desert Boneyard 5K Fun Run/Walk on Saturday, April 27 at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group's aircraft storage facility on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.
Desert Boneyard 5K
Chris Nichols (42) takes three-year-old son Tyler along for the ride at the first ever Desert Boneyard 5K Fun Run/Walk Desert Boneyard 5K Fun Run/Walk on Saturday, April 27 at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group's aircraft storage facility on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.
Desert Boneyard 5K
Participants juggled between running, walking and taking pictures of the aircraft, including these C-130 cargo planes at the first ever Desert Boneyard 5K Fun Run/Walk on Saturday, April 27 at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group's aircraft storage facility on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.
Desert Boneyard 5K
With mothballed C-130 cargo planes for a backdrop, runners file along the homestretch toward the finish line at the first ever Desert Boneyard 5K Fun Run/Walk on Saturday, April 27 at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group's aircraft storage facility on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.
Desert Boneyard 5K
Runners head down the homestretch at the first ever Desert Boneyard 5K Fun Run/Walk on Saturday, April 27 at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group's aircraft storage facility on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.
Desert Boneyard 5K
With C-130 cargo planes in the background, runners Philip, left, and Janice Cole stride through the homestretch at the first ever Desert Boneyard 5K Fun Run/Walk on Saturday, April 27 at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group's aircraft storage facility on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.
Desert Boneyard 5K
Commander of the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, Col. Robert Lepper, center, high-fives runners as they cross the finish line at the first ever Desert Boneyard 5K Fun Run/Walk on Saturday, April 27 at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group's aircraft storage facility on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.
Desert Boneyard 5K
Runner Gail Enoch, left, high-fives with commander of the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, Col. Robert Lepper, as she heads for the finish line at the first ever Desert Boneyard 5K Fun Run/Walk on Saturday, April 27 at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group's aircraft storage facility on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.