Aerial Porters Combat Challenge

MCCHORD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. – 515th Air Mobility Operations Wing Air Mobility Rodeo 2009 Pacific aerial porters Staff Sgt. Dustin Barboza, 734th Air Mobility Squadron, Andersen Air Base, Guam; Staff Sgt. Clifton Robertson, 735th Air Mobility Squadron, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii; Airman Andrew Cramer, 732th Air Mobility Squadron, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska; Senior Airman Tito Valdez, 731st Air Mobility Squadron, Osan Air Base, Korea; and Staff Sgt. Travis Wilt, 733rd Air Mobility Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, perform push-ups and sit-ups prior to the Aerial Porters Combat Challenge here July 23. During the challenge, aerial porters had to sprint along a four-mile course, stopping to overcome physical and mental obstacles. The push-ups and sit-ups portion of the event was only scored in case two teams were tied. They finished the entire course in 57 minutes and 26 seconds. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Carolyn Viss)