How an Underdog Drone Became a Folk Hero in Ukraine’s Guerrilla Air Force https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a39375014/bayraktar-drone-ukraines-guerrilla-air-force/?utm_campaign=socialflowFBPOP&utm_medium=social-media&utm_source=facebook The Russian invasion of Ukraine is not going the way Moscow intended, and one reason for that is a small, inexpensive Turkish combat drone. Ukraine’s small fleet of Bayraktar TB2 drones are giving the bear a good kicking, destroying surface-to-air missile batteries, fuel convoys, and other targets vital to Russia’s war effort. The drone, first flown in 2014, has destroyed 796 targets in five wars across Syria, Ukraine, and Ethiopi