Remember when the French were so confident in the effectiveness of their heavy cavalry only to get mowed down and routed by a bunch of conscript archers with longbows? Pepperage Farms remembers.
I will admit I've been very interested in the concept of helicopters as drone carriers. Not necessarily just as launch vehicles but also as a mobile operator hub, reducing range constraints between operators and drones. Yes, it does raise the risk level for the operators, but they're likely still maintaining non-trivial distance from the actual combat theatre