realistic military training newly available in Yakima
A McChord C-17 Globemaster III releases flares above the Selah Airstrip on Yakima Training Center, Washington, November 15, 2018. The aircraft-dispensed flares are used as infrared countermeasures designed to defeat heat-seeking, surface-to-air or air-to-air missiles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Mikayla Heineck)