Soldier earns ‘Ace of Syria’ nickname after downing 6 drones
Spc. Dylan Green recently took an air defense course at Fort Drum, New York.
BY PATTY NIEBERG | PUBLISHED APR 2, 2024 11:47 AM EDT
A10th Mountain Division soldier earned the nickname “Ace of Syria” after shooting down six drones during attacks a forward operating base he was assigned to defend in the northeastern part of the country.
Army Spc. Dylan Green, an infantryman with the 10th Mountain’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team, earned the “ace” moniker after his fifth confirmed kill of a one-way drone, according to an Army press release.
“The sergeant major told me that I had five kills and said I was an ace,” said Green, at a forward operating base in northeastern Syria.
Green, a forward area air defense and nighthawk operator, said he had “no idea what to expect” when he got to Syria. He had attended an air defense course at Fort Drum which included practice and real-world simulations with drone equipment. The Houston Texas native was chosen by his unit leadership to attend Fort Drum’s air defense course despite his only three years in the Army and no deployments.
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