Kings of the Sky: The Story of Air Power in Hezbollah

A commander in the air force of the Islamic Resistance (within permitted limits) provided an overview of the history of the air force's inception and discussed the stages of its development in Lebanon, in cooperation with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, especially following the transition to operations involving drones. The jihadist commander elaborated on details related to drone warfare as part of the resistance's air power. He explained the ongoing battle for the resistance to secure its needs and the enemy's attempts to prevent these capabilities from reaching the party, which has included military operations, such as the assassination of the commander of this unit, martyr Hassan al-Laqis, in 2013. The commander also detailed the enemy’s systems for detecting, identifying, and tracking drones, along with the mechanisms and strategies employed by the enemy, and provided insights on the types of drones available to the resistance, revealing some of them while indicating that the resistance has many surprises in this domain.