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| unit_name = Drone Squadron 1/33 Belfort
| native_name = Escadron de Drones 1/33 Belfort
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| dates = 2014-
| country = {{flagicon|FRA}} [[France]]
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| branch = [[File:Roundel of France.svg|23px]] [[French Air and Space Force|Armée de l'air et de l'espace]]
| type = Drone Squadron
| role = Unmanned aerial vehicle operations
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| garrison = BA 709 [[Cognac – Châteaubernard Air Base]]
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| aircraft_general = [[General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper]]
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'''Escadron de Drones 1/33 Belfort''' is a [[French Air and Space Force]] (Armée de l'air et de l'espace) Drone [[Squadron (aviation)|Squadron]] located at BA 709 [[Cognac – Châteaubernard Air Base]], [[Charente]], France which operates the [[General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper]]<ref name="CCDL">{{cite web|url=https://www.defense.gouv.fr/air/presentation/chiffres-cles/chiffres-cles-de-l-armee-de-l-air|title=Chiffres clés de l'Armée de l'air - L'Armée de l'air en chiffres : 2019-2020 (FR)|publisher=French Air and Space Force|accessdate=November 5, 2020}}</ref> with a detachment at [[Diori Hamani International Airport]], [[Niamey]], Niger.<ref name="AFMMAR14-10">{{cite book|title=[[AirForces Monthly]]|date=March 2014|publisher=[[Key Publishing|Key Publishing Ltd]]|location=[[Stamford, Lincolnshire|Stamford]], [[Lincolnshire]], [[England]]|pages=10}}</ref>
The first Reaper flight in Africa took place on January 15, 2014<ref name="AFMMAR14-10"/> and in France took place on July 4, 2017.<ref name="AFMSEPT17-10">{{cite book|title=[[AirForces Monthly]]|date=September 2017|publisher=[[Key Publishing|Key Publishing Ltd]]|location=[[Stamford, Lincolnshire|Stamford]], [[Lincolnshire]], [[England]]|pages=10}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[List of French Air and Space Force aircraft squadrons]]
==References==
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[[Category:French Air and Space Force squadrons]]