I am sure they could out of a P-3…

We were in both AC-130Hs and C-130H1s (only did it one time in the slick C-130..all others were in the gunship)

Out of the AC-130 we would hand drop them either out of the ramp and door or through the breach of the 105MM, but after 69-6576 went down, we stopped doing them out of the breach of the 105 and only out the ramp and door…

The flares can be set to go off at a certain altitude… so they can be dropped from much higher than when they light off.

through the breach of the 105???? Im assuming a flare went right into one of the props on 69-6576?

We used them for reasons other than ground ops, I never deployed a flare for someone on the ground.

what type of aircraft would dispense these? P-3s or C-130s?? I can’t see an aircraft present in the video?

Those are MK24 (or similar) parachute flares… We used them a lot

They do look a bit odd but that is exactly what that is.

dude, I disagree?

parachute flares that hover and then start moving at an accelerated rate to the right in unison one after anoter??

thanks, i figured this was mentioned before…

you guys keep referring back to “ABM” or the Anti-Ballistic Missile. Which is only a missile program iirc? Wasn’t it just the a safeguard which used the LIM-49A and sprint missiles? I know there are also the Aegis system and the Patriots as well, but I was more interested in the NEW developments that will compliment these systems like the Airborne Laser program, which will be basically a fleet of laser equipped E-4s (YAL-1A) to destroy ICBMs at there launch phase. There is also the ground-based laser program which I imagine would create GBL stations all over the U.S. and friendly nations along with the new space defense systems on the board (Darkstar), doesn’t that add a large boost to the anti-ICBM net that will be in place?