A C-130J Super Hercules from the 37th Airlift Squadron fires flares as it performs anti-aircraft fire tests during exercise Carpathian on May 9, 2016, in Romania. The 37th AS, from Ramstein AB, Germany, began participating in off-station training deployments with Romania as early as 1996, allowing USAF? to work with NATO allies to develop and improve ready air forces capable of maintaining regional security. Air Force photo by A1C. Lane Plummer