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Video: C-17 Formation Night Countermeasure Flares

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C-17s from JBER, McChord, Travis, and Hickam trained at night near Anchorage as part of Large Package Week, formerly known as Jump Week. Each aircraft deployed countermeasure flares, dropped heavy equipment as well as 600 USARAK soldiers at the Malamute Drop Zone. Video by Airman 1st Class Carly Kavish. (www.youtube.com) More...

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zennermd
zennermd 5
Simply, beautiful!
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pthomas745
Pa Thomas 3
Very cool, and a nice wake turbulence training video as a bonus.
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erdufay
eric dufay 2
Amazing video!
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ADXbear
ADXbear 2
wow ID LIKE TO HAVE SOME STILL PICTURES OF THIS.
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Viperguy46
Jesse Carroll 1
Would like to see all go off at same time!
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kapiteinpiest
Thijs Piest 1
Anyone know why the flares are colored? Almost look like fireworks.
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26Tiger
26Tiger 1
Probably because color producing chemical cost less than white producing ones.
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davedoc
David Daugherty 2
That would depend on what element(s) they're using for the flares. Different elements burn different colors.
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eddyhopy
Edward Hopgood 1
great stuff
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Bedrosbedros
bedros dedros 1
super and nice.
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ChriLennard
Chris Lennard 1
Heard a camera clicking...anyone know if the stills are posted somewhere, they have to be stunning.
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