KC-135E - Noble Eagle

OVER THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA—Major Rob Swertfager gets his F-16 Fighting Falcon refuled by a KC-135E Stratotanker during a Operation Noble Eagle training patrol March 16. Major Swertgager is a pilot with the California Air National Guard’s 144th Fighter Wing in Fresno. The KC-135E is assigned to the 940th Aerial Refueling Wing at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lance Cheung)