OPERATION NOBLE EAGLE -- An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the California Air National Guard prepares to receive fuel from an Air Force Reserve Command KC-135E Stratotanker during an Operation Noble Eagle combat air patrol over San Francisco's Golden Gate. The KC-135E and its crew are assigned the 940th Air Refueling Wing at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. The F-16 and its pilot are from the 144th Fighter Wing at Fresno Air National Guard Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Robert Couse-Baker)