- C130 angel flares. Nicholas Koetz | Hurlburt Field. It carries a wide array of ground-attack weapons that are integrated with sensors, navigation, and fire-control systems. tv Video courtesy US Air Force SPecial Operations. Their salute with flares looks like an angel with wings. Not new footage but still like the way it looks. Oct 23, 2023 · The countermeasure system on AC-130 gunships is truly fascinating. When enemy surface-to-air and air-to-air missiles lock onto the Angel of Death, it deploys a series of flares and chaff to misguide rockets off-target. #airboyd May 13, 2024 · The flares are an aerial infrared countermeasure for incoming heat-seeking surface-to-air or air-to-air missiles. May 29, 2009 · A Lockheed C-130 Dropping Flares in the well known "angel" pattern from the SUU-42A/A Ejector Pods Video courtesy US Air Force Special Operations. A Lockheed AC-130 Dropping Flares in the well known "angel. j6m5fgsu uve ixlyw bsk n67bfdr s5m16t tdy4rd 9oy3 b3w2lab rgxl
