I tried drone and the AI's were going out of their way to pick fights.
Here's the scenario:
I have an enemy AI at 22,000 ft. 60 miles from tgt plane, waiting for a flag to set it on course to shoot down the specific plane. I have the plane action set to CAP with a WP attached leading to the specific tgt plane. I choose as a the first WP action, attack specific tgt.
I had to remove any opposing planes so as not to distract the AI.