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Air Force Senior Airman Cody Harter practices using a signal flare during survival, evasion, resistance and escape training at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base in St. Joseph, Mo., Sept. 29, 2016. Harter is assigned to the Missouri Air National Guard’s 180th Airlift Squadron. Air Force National Guard photo by Senior Airman Patrick P. Evenson

Signal Flare

Air Force Senior Airman Cody Harter practices using a signal flare during survival, evasion, resistance and escape training at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base in St. Joseph, Mo., Sept. 29, 2016. Harter is assigned to the Missouri Air National Guard’s 180th Airlift Squadron. Air Force National Guard photo by Senior Airman Patrick P. Evenson

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