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    Pilots evade Smokey SAMs [Image 3 of 3]

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    A large military transport aircraft is captured in flight against a clear blue sky, dispensing multiple flares from its underside. The flares trail bright orange-red flames and white smoke streaks behind the aircraft. This appears to be a countermeasure demonstration or training exercise.

    IE SHIMA, OKINAWA, JAPAN

    08.27.2013

    Photo by Lance Cpl. Natalie Rostran 

    III Marine Expeditionary Force   

    A KC-130J Super Hercules releases flares Aug. 27 above a training island off the coast of Ie Shima. The flares are used to create new heat signature decoys for heat-seeking missiles to follow. The KC-130Js are with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Natalie M. Rostran/Released)

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    Date Taken: 08.27.2013
    Date Posted: 08.30.2013 02:04
    Photo ID: 1006406
    VIRIN: 130827-M-ZH183-556
    Resolution: 3861x2574
    Size: 7.45 MB
    Location: IE SHIMA, OKINAWA, JP
    Web Views: 88
    Downloads: 12

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    A missile or rocket has been launched from a coastal grassland area, leaving a visible smoke trail as it ascends into a clear blue sky. The launch site shows active fire and a large plume of white-gray smoke billowing from the ignition point. The setting appears to be a coastal island or peninsula with blue water and green hills visible in the background.
    A military service member in camouflage utilities and olive drab t-shirt is kneeling in dry grass near a coastline, working with what appears to be a small rocket or missile mounted on a ground launcher stand. The setting appears to be a coastal bluff or hillside with blue ocean and a distant island visible in the background. The image is professionally composed with high clarity and natural lighting.
    A large military transport aircraft is captured in flight against a clear blue sky, dispensing multiple flares from its underside. The flares trail bright orange-red flames and white smoke streaks behind the aircraft. This appears to be a countermeasure demonstration or training exercise.

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