"Big John" wrote in message
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Never heard of F-16"s carrying flares. Anyone able to tell how?

Last fighter I flew with flares was the P-51. It had a flare pistol
that could be locked into a port by your left hip and was pointed back
about 45 degrees so that when you fired the flare it would miss the
wing.

Big John (out of hospital for a day or two and still lurking)

Here's a picture.

http://www.strangemilitary.com/content/item/101692.html

That was the second result with Google for "Flare F-16"