Did the article also say the choppers were only fired on during the daylight hours? I’m also a pilot, so what?
So the “snipers” waited until dark? Really? How far is this story of yours going to go? If you were a pilot, and I have no reason to doubt it, then you know very well that little flashes won’t be seen so well, and if the aircraft were close enough to see them then they would have some holes.
I think the entire BS story was concocted by drama queens looking for action and used to confiscate weapons.