A delegation of first sergeants takes off at the start of the annual POW/MIA run Sept. 17, 2021, leading to the POW/MIA Recognition Day wreath-laying ceremony at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. National POW/MIA Recognition Day is marked each year on the third Friday in September to remember those held captive or missing in action. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)