Pat's Run Published April 23, 2013 944th Fighter Wing LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. -- 944th Fighter Wing members joined 35,000 participants in the 9th Annual Pat's Run on Saturday. The 4.2 mile race and .42 mile kids race started and ended at Arizona State University's Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe and finishes on the 42-yard line to commemorate the #42 that Pat wore on his jersey at ASU. The run/walk helps raise money for the Pat Tillman Foundation which provides resources and educational scholarship support to veterans, active servicemembers and their spouses. This is the 3rd year that the 944th Aeromedical Staging Squadron has coordinated a team from the 944th. Pat Tillman put his NFL career with the Arizona Cardinals on hold in 2002 to join the Army. Following his death in 2004, while serving with the U.S. Army's 75th Ranger Regiment in Afghanistan, his family and friends established the Pat Tillman Foundation.