American fighter pilots explain how they fought an overwhelming Iranian drone swarm in total darkness

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CNN  —  When F-15 fighter pilot Maj. Benjamin “Irish” Coffey launched his jet one night last spring, he wasn’t expecting to run out of missiles fighting off a massive Iranian attack against Israel. It was April 13, and Iran had fired over 300 drones, ballistic and cruise missiles, a far larger strike than the US military had anticipated. Instructed to use every weapon at their disposal to help defeat the attack, Coffey and his crew mate, weapons systems officer Capt. Lacie “Sonic” Hester, came