A C-17 Globemaster III from the 14th Airlift Squadron, Charleston Air
Force Base, S.C. releases flares over the Atlantic Ocean near
Charleston, S.C., during a training mission on Tuesday, May 16,
2006. The "smoke angel" is caused the vortex from the
engines. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Russell E. Cooley IV)
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