After leaving the canyon the planes were attacked by radar-homed missiles. However, they scattered flares that are effective against IR guided missiles only.
The countermeasure button that they hit clearly says "Remote Flare/Chaff", implying that both flares and chaffs (which work against radar guided missiles) are released at the same time. Fighters often do this due to the difficulty in distinguishing between IR guided and radar guided missiles. Rooster does say "I'm out of flares", but he was clearly trying to focus on staying alive more than stating the correct technical details, and this doesn't mean chaffs were not also being used. Also, flares can sometimes work against radar guided missiles by triggering their proximity sensors.
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