Did you know that Belgium had drones?

The 80 UAV Squadron on the Florennes Air Base is in charge of the UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) of the Belgian Army. These drones don’t wear weapons but optical tools. They fly as well in Belgium as abroad for prevention operation. Damien Spleeters and I met last week the men who make them fly.

Here is a few materials as a teaser. Enjoy and more to come in October in Le Vif/L’Express and on Apache.

(Click on this picture to listen to the testimonies of these men!)

An Ops Squadron in a Ground Control Station (GCS) in Florennes, Belgium. The 80 UAV Squadron has 12 B-Hunter drones. On the picture: Chief Warrant Officer Briot (left), Pilot Navigator; Lieutenant Parmentier (center), Mission Commander; and First Sergeant Collignon (right), Real Time Observer.

80 UAV Squadron

80 UAV Squadron

80 UAV Squadron

80 UAV Squadron

80 UAV Squadron

80 UAV Squadron

80 UAV Squadron

80 UAV Squadron

80 UAV Squadron

80 UAV Squadron

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