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.