26 Jan 2008
Jan. 25, 2008 - A U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon launches electronic countermeasure flares following an aerial refueling mission over Iraq on Jan. 22, 2008. The aircraft are attached to the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing, Balad Air Base, Iraq. DoD photo.
January 26th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
Tell us more about ‘electronic countermeasure flares’. I always assumed they were two completely different things, no?
January 26th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
Hah! I hadn’t even caught that bit. It’s a ‘electronic countermeasures flare’ because, you know, heat-seeking missiles use electronics. Or it’s a caption mistake.
January 26th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
Probably a typo. Usually when they are popping flares they are also firing chaff…
January 29th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
Actually you’re all wrong. Those are Israeli-made missiles that kill muslim orphans. I mean, that’s what the Reuters caption would be.