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Air Force Reserve Command

Formation of 7 aircraft with flag on the left — AFRC News

C-17 Maintenance

Technical Sgt. Randal Williams, right, assembles flares on an ammunition containers while Technical Sgt. Sergio Hernandez, left, reloads C-17 Globemaster III aircraft countermeasures flares into magazines at the base on February 18. Both are air reserve technicians with the 452nd Maintenance Squadron’s Munitions Flight. (U.S. Air Force photo by Val Gempis)

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USAF — USAF. (U.S. Air Force Graphic by Rosario "Charo" Gutierrez)

Globemaster gets a little 'flare'

Published Feb. 22, 2009

USAF — USAF. (U.S. Air Force Graphic by Rosario "Charo" Gutierrez)

USAF. (U.S. Air Force Graphic by Rosario "Charo" Gutierrez)