Info wars appears to have misled you. NO....it is a defensive device that saves our kid's lives. The flares draw heat seeking missiles fired at the aircraft away, so the aircraft can survive. If you watch a fictional movie, Suicide Squad, when the chopper leaves, it does a great example of this device in action. It is called an angel pattern....it saves lives & it looks like a snow angel. A true angel indeed . God Bless our troops in harm' way.
