The Dassault Mirage III<\/b>\u00a0is a family of single-seat, single-engine, fighter aircraft\u00a0produced by Dassault Aviation for the French Air Force and widely exported. Prominent operators included\u00a0Australia, Argentina, South Africa, Pakistan and Israel, as well as a number of nonaligned nations.\u00a0Though an older design, the second generation fighter is still a fairly maneuverable aircraft and an effective opponent in close range dogfighting.\u00a0In French service it was armed with air-to-ground ordnance or R.550 Magic air-to-air missiles.<\/p>\n
The versatility of the design enabled production of trainer, reconnaissance and ground-attack versions as well as the Dassault Mirage 5, Dassault Mirage IIIV and Atlas Cheetah variants.\u00a0A Mirage III was the first Western European combat aircraft to exceed Mach 2 in horizontal flight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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