Air Force C-5M Cargo Plane Tested Flares to Lure Away Enemy Missiles
US Air Force/Samuel King Jr. The giant C-5M Super Galaxy released flares during a defensive countermeasures test on the Eglin range. Flares are high-temperature heat sources used to mislead surface-to-air or air-to-air missiles' heat-seekers. A C-5M Super Galaxy, belonging to the 436th Airlift Wing, from Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, was involved in a defensive countermeasures testing campaign that saw the US Air Force's largest aircraft release flares, at night, over an area of the Eglin range, Florida. Each night, the C-5M released more than 15 flares, repeat...
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