Drone Academy · Contents · Chapter 5 · Nederlandse versie
Chapter 5: Threats to Aircraft
Eight years of precedents of drone attacks on aircraft and air bases, proven attacks on aircraft actually in flight, and the shared lessons from them.
5.1Precedents: from Hmeimim to today
Click through the timeline — this is not a theoretical risk but an eight-year-old, accelerating trend.
Read §5.1 →5.2In flight: drones against airborne aircraft
Flying low to evade air defence can bring an aircraft right into the FPV envelope.
Read §5.2 →5.3What these precedents have in common
Three recurring patterns, from Syria 2018 to Europe 2026.
Read §5.3 →