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The Mirage 4000 was comparable in size to the United States F-15 Eagle, and was designed to be both a long-range interceptor and a fighter-bomber. In the early 1980s, Dassault ended the program shortly after the Royal Saudi Air Force ordered a large number of Panavia Tornado aircraft.
Mirage F2: Strike fighter, a larger and more powerful version of the conventionally tailed F1. [4] Mirage G, G4 and G8: Variable-geometry (swing-wing) fighters. The G was effectively a swing-wing F2, while the G4 and G8 were twin-engined developments. [4] Mirage 4000 or Super Mirage 4000: Prototype larger version of the Mirage 2000 design.
Dassault Mirage 4000 The Dassault Mirage 2000 is a French multirole, single-engine, delta wing , fourth-generation jet fighter manufactured by Dassault Aviation . It was designed in the late 1970s as a lightweight fighter to replace the Mirage III for the French Air Force ( Armée de l'air ).
A left side view of a Mirage IIID (bottom) and Mirage IIIO aircraft in flight during a combined US-Australian Air Force exercise, Pacific Consort, 1980 Royal Australian Air Force. 116 Mirage IIIs (RAAF serials A3-1 to -116) were in service with the RAAF from 1964 to 1989. [10] No. 3 Squadron RAAF, 1967-1986 [11] No. 75 Squadron RAAF, 1965-1988 [12]
The Mirage III family has its origins within a series of studies conducted by the French Defence Ministry which had commenced in 1952. At the time, several nations had taken an interest in the prospects of a light fighter, which had been motivated by combat experiences acquired during the Korean War, specifically the Soviet-built Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 jet-propelled fighter aircraft which had ...
Mitsubishi Mirage. Mitsubishi previously announced plans to halt production for the Mirage, a compact hatchback, for the U.S. market late this year. ... Only 4,000 units were made available globally.
At the time, the Giscard d'Estaing administration was considering an order for two wings of F-15s; the order however never materialized and instead lead to the development of the Mirage 4000. He then returned to France to Istres AB with the CEV where he conducted spin trials for the newly acquired Mirage F-1C.
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