A C-17 Globemaster III from the 14th Airlift Squadron, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleston_Air_Force_Base" class="extiw" title="w:Charleston Air Force Base">Charleston Air Force Base</a>, South Carolina. flies off after releasing flares over the Atlantic Ocean near Charleston, South Carolina, during a training mission on Tuesday, May 16, 2006. The "smoke angel" is caused by wing vortices at the plane's wingtips. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.af.mil/weekinphotos/060526-03.html">[1]</a>
Tech. Sergeant Russell E. Cooley IV
2006-05-16
U.S. Air Force