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@airlivenet French crew likely running their self-protection suite in the auto mode; flares deploy whenever sensors detect IR activity in the range that matches a MANPAD SAM. The aircraft I flew on (EC-130E) would pop flares in auto mode on occasion, during missions over Bosnia; in every…
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2021-08-21
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Lockheed EC-130Man-portable air-defense systemSurface-to-air missileBosnia and HerzegovinaPop musicFrench language