I remember discussions about laying a flare path during training, but it was never part of any flying exercise.
As YS said - the burn time for the ubiquitous flame float, which can be carried by both rotary and fixed wing, was about 5 mins, so by the time you had laid sufficient to make one, they were going out at the other end. Of course the 'marker marine' was a much better option - burns for 60 mins, easy to throw out of the launcher (or even bomb bay) and all our MPAs carry them.
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