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U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Anna Metcalf, 52nd Maintenance Squadron/AMMO Precision Guided Munitions crew member, left, Senior Airman Hannah Rockensuess, 52nd MXS/AMMO munitions inspection technician, middle, and Airman 1st Class Trenton Fillion, 52nd MXS/AMMO munitions stockpile support technician, right, build MJU-7 flares during Blue Flag 2019 at Uvda Air Base, Israel, November 7, 2019. The Airmen provided two types of countermeasures for the daily training exercises: chaff and flares. Flares are launched by pilots if a heat-seeking missile has locked onto their aircraft, chaff is used to cause radar interference for a missile using radar to track an aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kyle Cope)