There seems to be a type of flare countermeasure, that not only gets ejected from the flare dispenser, but also gets accelerated in the direction of the plane. So fare I´ve only noticed it on super and legacy Hornets. My question is, whether anybody knows the actual name for those kinds of flares, and if there is any kind of information on how they work.
Video of legacy Hornet dispensing a normal and an accelerating flare
On the left Hornet you can see one of the two flares accelerating forward in a spiral after it is out of the dispenser.
Video of super Hornet dispensing a normal and an accelerating flare