Byron Howle, a 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron contractor with Florida Offshore, secures a rope as the vessel leaves the docks July 22 at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. The boat is just one of only three 120-foot sea vessels owned by the Air Force used to recover sub-scale drones called BQM-167s after live fire exercises over the gulf. The ships recover approximately 25 of the $800,000 drones each year. (Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.)