Call sign Angel Flight

Do they do this for every returning flight with a body or is this a Memorial Day thing? Neat idea but if done all the time seems expensive.

Seems like a lot of flares in the pic no? I have no idea how much they cost and is a drop in the bucket for military budgets, just wondering.

Who cares what the expense is if it is honoring a fallen soldier, sailor or Marine. It is the least that can be done?

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Its not near as expensive as what the soldier in the wooden box had to give, a-hole

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So give the money spent on flares to his family, a-hole

Then sure go for it, but I'd imagine 90% would rather the check instead.

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Neat idea but if done all the time seems expensive.

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War is expensive. Things like this help other service members deal with loss, enhancing their effectiveness.

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Who cares what the expense is if it is honoring a fallen soldier, sailor or Marine. It is the least that can be done?

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so if the soldier wanted an array of nuclear explosions set off to honor him if he were to fall, I guess who cares what the expense would be, it would be the least that could be done?

That seems like a stretch...

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That seems like a stretch...

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What seems like a stretch?

While a nice image it isn't done for dead military members.

Also, that isn't even a C-130. I can't tell for sure but I think it's a C17 maybe. A 130's engines don't hang down from the wing like this aircrafts.