Eagles Versus Drones

American pilots joined the Eagle Squadrons during the Battle of Britain in large flocks

To with the outnumbered Brits soar into the skies to try to the German bombers block

Coming with guns blazing out of the Sun

Dodging the German fighters to knock down the bombers on their bombing runs

So fitting for our national symbol the bald eagle the pilots adorned

To attack the forces of evil and the peace they had scorned

Today other Eagle Squadrons still fly not over Britain but the skies of Holland and France

To insure that the forces terror and tyranny in Europe do not advance

But here instead of Spitfires and Hurricanes propelled by spinning props

These Eagle pilots are not bald and use talons to explosive carrying drones seek to stop

Real Golden Eagles with Kevlar vests and talons to attack any suspicious drones

That appear to be headed into the airspace above a prohibited zone

Speeds of 50 miles an hour with eyesight accurate to a mile away

A feathered agile  drone killing machine on display

The French have named their Eagle Squadrons after the Four Musketeers

Confident that after 8 months of training from the skies any terrorist drone they will clear

Radical Islam may have declared war on our civilized way of life

But at least we have the eagles on our side in this existential strife

© February 23, 2017, Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet 

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