even if you skip the rest, please read the answer to the question posed by the headline:

You are currently fighting in Yak-52 training aircraft, which are being used in this war to shoot down enemy drones. For readers who are unfamiliar with your work, here is a brief explanation of how it works. The aircraft is piloted by a pilot, whilst an air gunner sits in the open-cockpit instructor’s seat. Enemy UAVs are mainly shot down by the gunner using a machine gun or, occasionally, a shotgun. The pilot flies as close as possible to the drone, after which the gunner engages the enemy drone from the air. Have I got that right?

war is hell and all, but I want to be the gunner for a few hours and also I’d like to point out how close this is getting to my ideal form of air combat.