Associated Press



A pilot brings his F-16 in to dock with the boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker for refueling during a training exercise about 21,000 feet above the Gulf of Mexico Thursday near Houston. This is the final flight for this F-16 from Ellington Air Base near Houston, as the Texas Air National Guard wing based there scraps its fighters and transitions to its new mission as a reconnaissance wing featuring unmanned Predator drones.