Amazing photos show the Air Force's biggest plane testing flares to lure away enemy missiles
David Cenciotti , The Aviationist
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.
https://www.businessinsider.com/air-force-c5m-plane-tested-flares-lure-away-enemy-missiles-2021-5
