“U.S. Army Pfc. Robert Pearl, left, and Spc. Atlee Steever, both with 1st Battalion 43rd Air Defense Artillery, power up a Patriot surface-to-air missile system at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Aug. 29, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Robert Barney) (Photo Credit: U.S. Army),” accessed June 25, 2018, https://www.army.mil/article/134035/aps_5_partners_with_3_43_ada_for_patriot_missile_system_test Picture featured in Chief Warrant Officer 2 Michael Bradshaw, Army Field Support Battalion-Qatar, “APS-5 Partners with 3-43 ADA for Patriot Missile System Test,” September 19, 2014, accessed June 25, 2018, https://www.army.mil/article/134035/aps_5_partners_with_3_43_ada_for_patriot_missile_system_test.

On June 24, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed that they fired an MIM-104 Patriot air defense system missile at a UAV by the Israeli border near the Golan Heights but operating in Syrian airspace. Flying over Safed, the missile did not strike the UAV, which “was engaged in local operations in Southern Syria,” according to a Reuters interview with a Syrian commander, in the context of the Syrian civil war. Following the launch, the drone left the area. Reports suggest the drone belongs to coalition forces allied with Bashar al-Assad.

Related Links:

Israel Says Fires Patriot at Drone from Syria, Which Turns around Unhit, Reuters
IDF: Patriot Missile Fired at Incoming UAV from Syria, Which Retreats, The Times of Israel
IDF Missile Defense System Shoots down Drone near Syrian Border, The Times of Israel
IDF Fires Patriot Missile Toward UAV Approaching Israel’s Golan Heights, The Jerusalem Post