A Dover C-17A Globemaster III expends countermeasure flares to defeat a simulated surface-to-air missile, or smokey SAM, shot from a Man-Portable Aircraft Survivability Trainer system during a training mission March 24, 2016, at the Bollen Live-Fire Range Complex on Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa. A total of 240 flares were expended for the aircraft during the training mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman William Johnson)
<br>Unit: 436th Airlift Wing
Airman 1st Class William Johnson
Taken on 24 March 2016
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