SO when you spawn in you get one chance to get flares and chaff or it bugs out and reads nothing. But i have found Switching to another aircraft and rearm/repair then switch back it fixes the issue, BUT FURTHER if you switch to A-10 and back you get EXTRA flares shows 30 on R&R screen but you get 28 on the counter.
muppet...they work fine for me as long as you get it on the first try OR SWITCH AIRCRAFT and use A-10 for bonus flares