U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 182nd Fighter Squadron, Texas Air National Guard release flares while conducting low-level aerial operations during exercise Coronet Cactus near Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., April 10, 2014.
The exercise, which included deploying inert and live ordnance, provided realistic air-to-air combat training for student pilots. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder, U.S. Air Force/Released). Original public domain image from Flickr