67th SOS, 48th FW train to track, target, destroy

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jeremie Anderson, 67th Special Operations Squadron MC-130J Commando II loadmaster, launches an LUU-4/B flare from the back of an MC-130 J during a training mission Sept. 8, 2015, over the North Sea. Anderson launched flares for 48th Fighter Wing F-15 pilots to track, target and destroy. The 67th SOS and the 48th FW organized the two-day mission in order to provide realistic targeting training for F-15 pilots. Although the primary use of the flares are for search and rescue missions, instead they were used for targeting practice due to an upcoming expiration date. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Krystie Martinez/Released)

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67th SOS, 48th FW train to track, target, destroy

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jeremie Anderson, 67th Special Operations Squadron MC-130J Commando II loadmaster, prepares to drop an LUU-4/B flare during a training mission Sept. 8, 2015, over the North Sea. Anderson tossed the flares from the back of the aircraft for 48th Fighter Wing F-15 pilots to track, target and destroy. The 67th SOS and the 48th FW organized the two-day mission in order to provide realistic targeting training for F-15 pilots. Although the primary use of the flares are for search and rescue missions, instead they were used for targeting practice due to an upcoming expiration date. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Austin May/Released) 9/11/2015 - U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jeremie Anderson, 67th Special Operations Squadron MC-130J Commando II loadmaster, prepares an LUU-4/B flare to be dropped during a training mission Sept. 8, 2015, over the North Sea. Anderson tossed the flares from the back of the aircraft for 48th Fighter Wing F-15 pilots to track, target and destroy. The 67th SOS and the 48th FW organized the two-day mission in order to provide realistic targeting training for F-15 pilots. Although the primary use of the flares are for search and rescue missions, instead they were used for targeting practice due to an upcoming expiration date. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Austin May/Released)

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67th SOS, 48th FW train to track, target, destroy

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jeremie Anderson, left, 67th Special Operations Squadron MC-130J Commando II loadmaster, and U.S. Air Force Capt. Todd Bourgeois, 67th SOS Wing Executive Officer and Aircraft Commander, inspect LUU-4/B flares during a training mission Sept. 8, 2015, over the North Sea. The 67th SOS and the 48th Fighter Wing organized the two-day mission in order to provide realistic targeting training for F-15 pilots. Although the primary use of the flares are for search and rescue missions, instead they were used for targeting practice due to their upcoming expiration date. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Austin May/Released

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67th SOS, 48th FW train to track, target, destroy

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jeremie Anderson, 67th Special Operations Squadron MC-130J Commando II loadmaster, prepares an LUU-4/B flare to be dropped during a training mission Sept. 8, 2015, over the North Sea. Anderson tossed the flares from the back of the aircraft for 48th Fighter Wing F-15 pilots to track, target and destroy. The 67th SOS and the 48th FW organized the two-day mission in order to provide realistic targeting training for F-15 pilots. Although the primary use of the flares are for search and rescue missions, instead they were used for targeting practice due to an upcoming expiration date. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Austin May/Released)

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67th SOS, 48th FW train to track, target, destroy

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jeremie Anderson, 67th Special Operations Squadron MC-130J loadmaster, scans the back of an MC-130J Commando II during a training mission Sept. 8, 2015, over the North Sea. The 67th SOS and the 48th FW organized the two-day mission in order to provide realistic targeting training for F-15 pilots. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Austin May/Released)

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67th SOS, 48th FW train to track, target, destroy

Published Sept. 15, 2015
100th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs

RAF Mildenhall, England -- The 67th Special Operations Squadron, assigned to RAF Mildenhall, and the 48th Fighter Wing, assigned to RAF Lakenheath, organized a two-day mission in order to provide realistic targeting training for F-15 pilots. The mission included launching a LUU-4/B flare from the back of an MC-130 J Commando ll so that F-15 pilots are given the opportunity to track, target and destroy the flare.

Although the primary use of the flares are for search and rescue missions, instead they were used for targeting practice due to an upcoming expiration date.