Mirage III

[Clave]

Mirage IIICJ of 55 Escuadron Argentine Air Force circa 1996.

Mirage IIICJ of 1 Escuadron Argentine Air Force circa 1982.

Mirage IIIOA of 3 Squadron RAAF circa 1970.

Mirage IIIC of EC 1/2 French Air Force circa 1967.

Mirage IIICJ of 101 Squadron Israeli Defence Force circa 1967.

Mirage IIICJ of 101 Squadron Israeli Defence Force circa 1970.

Mirage IIICZ of 2 Squadron South African Force circa 1963.

 

[parsifal]

As usual, fantastic.

 

[Gnomey]

Great work Clave!

 

[Civettone]

Clave, what's that tooth in the first pic?


Kris

 

[Clave]

It's an aerial - upgraded CJs had those large top-and-bottom ones, not sure what they are for though...

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

As always Bill, Stupendous work sir!

 

[Civettone]

I was unable to find what those aerials are. But I did find that the Nesher had similar aerials/antennas.


Kris

 

[Wayne Little]

Excellent!

 

[vikingBerserker]

Outstanding!

 

[Clave]

Thanks - I have diverted off into Mirage 5 for a minute, but there will be more of these soon...

 

[CharlesBronson]

That profile remembered me that we had the CJs in service until 1999, shameful but true, great work Clave.

 

[Matt308]

Look like VHF Antennas. Directional above and below and subject to fuselage shadowing.

 

[parsifal]

The RAAF was always very pleased with their Mirage IIIs except for the political strings attached to them. Mirages of the RAAF never served in Vietnam because of French threats of of an embargo on spares.

I think it fair to say, Australia will never again buy a European fighter because of that experience

 

[Civettone]

I never understood why Australia bought a short-range jet fighter.


Kris

 

[Clave]

Various additions:

Mirage IIIE BR of the Brazilian Air Force 1981.

Mirage 5BA of the Belgian Air Force 1976.

Mirage 5COA of 212 Escuadron Colombian Air Force 1980.

 

[Clave]

Mirage IIICJ of 101 Squadron Israeli Defence Force 1970.

Mirage IIICJ of 101 Squadron Israeli Defence Force 1970.

Mirage IIICJ of 101 Squadron Israeli Defence Force 1970.

Mirage IIIEL of the Lebanese Air Force 1973.

Mirage IIIEP of the Pakistan Air Force circa 1971.

Mirage 5D of the Libyan Air Force circa 1977.

Mirage 5D of the Libyan Air Force circa 1977.

 

[Wayne Little]

friggin' great!

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Very nice sir!!!!

 

[parsifal]

I never understood why Australia bought a short-range jet fighter.


Kris

Explains why they nearly always flew with LR tanks slung underneath. I dont think we ever had too many proiblems with range. Not much more so than the current F-18s in service.

 

[Matt308]

Wonderful, Clave. And I don't care what anybody says, the French build thier airplanes like their women. Beautiful.