Unit Name: | Drone Squadron 1/33 Belfort |
Native Name: | Escadron de Drones 1/33 Belfort |
Dates: | 2014- |
Country: | France |
Branch: | Armée de l'air et de l'espace |
Type: | Drone Squadron |
Role: | Unmanned aerial vehicle operations |
Garrison: | BA 709 Cognac – Châteaubernard Air Base |
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Aircraft General: | General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper |
Escadron de Drones 1/33 Belfort is a French Air and Space Force (Armée de l'air et de l'espace) Drone Squadron located at BA 709 Cognac – Châteaubernard Air Base, Charente, France which operates the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper[1] with a detachment at Diori Hamani International Airport, Niamey, Niger.[2]
The first Reaper flight in Africa took place on January 15, 2014[2] and in France took place on July 4, 2017.[3]