Keeping watch over the nation
Capt. Matt Buckner, an F-15 Eagle pilot assigned to the 71st Fighter Squadron at Langley Air Force Base, Va., receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the Pennsylvania Air National Guard's 171st Air Refueling Wing during a combat air patrol mission Oct. 7 over Washington, D.C., in support of Operation Noble Eagle. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Rogers)