How U.S. F-15E Drone Shoot-Down Changed Air Game In Syria

Credit: U.S. Air Force
For Lt. Col. Jeremy Renken, it was almost a relief to launch the missile that would score the first air-to-air kill of the U.S. air war over Syria. It had been an excruciating 90 min. since Renken had first spotted the Iranian-made Shahed 129 drone orbiting over coalition ground forces on the...

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