List of Dassault Mirage III operators

Map of Mirage III/V operators (former operators in red)

This is a list of Dassault Mirage IIIs, Mirage 5s, and Mirage 50s used by national air forces.

This is an approximate list. The key "1S" indicates a single-seat Mirage fighter, while "2S" indicates a two-seat Mirage, and "PR" indicates a photoreconnaissance machine.

Operators

 Abu Dhabi /  United Arab Emirates

Dassault Mirage IIIE, taxiway of Istres (France) on 3 July 1976, delivered to Abu Dhabi Air Force (ADAF).
Abu Dhabi Defence Force
United Arab Emirates Air Force

 Argentina

Argentina Air Force Dassault Mirage IIIEA
Argentine Air Force[1]

 Australia

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 serial A3-1 to -116) were in service with the RAAF from 1964 to 1988.

 Belgium

Belgian Air Force

 Brazil

Mirage III D
Brazilian Air Force

 Chile

Chile Air Force Dassault (SABCA) Mirage 5MA Elkan
Chilean Air Force

 Colombia

Colombian Air Force

 Ecuador

Ecuadorian Air Force

 Egypt

Two Egyptian Air Force Mirage fighter jets during the military exercise Bright Star 2009 in Egypt.
Egyptian Air Force

 France

French Mirage IIIR
French Air Force

All aircraft retired.

 Gabon

Gabon Air Force

 Israel

A Mirage IIIC at the Israeli Air Force Museum
Israeli Air Force
  • 1S: 72 IIICJ
  • 2S: 5 IIIBJ
  • 2 Mirage IIIRJ photo reconnaissance aircraft
  • IAI built 61 Nesher / Daggers, with 51 single-seaters and 10 two-seat Nesher-Ts;
  • withdrawn from use. Many transferred to Argentina between 1979/83

 Lebanon

Lebanese Air Force

 Libya

Libyan Air Force

 Pakistan

A Pakistani Air Force F-16 taxis past a Pakistan Air Force Mirage fighter jet on the runway at Pakistan Air Force Base Shahbaz near Jacobabad, Pakistan.
Pakistan Air Force

The Pakistan Air Force is the largest operator of the Dassault Mirage III with a fleet strength of around 156 aircraft. The fleet consists of fighters built for Pakistan (Mirage IIIEP) in the 60s and 70s as well used French, Australian, Libyan and Lebanese aircraft bought in the 1990s and early 2000s. Some 35 of the ex-Australian Mirage III were modernised with new avionics under the first stage of the ROSE (Retrofit Of Strike Element) upgrade programme to make air superiority specialised "ROSE I" fighters.

All Mirage III/Mirage V aircraft are to be retired and replaced with the Pakistan/China produced JF-17 by 2025.

Pakistan Naval Air Arm

The Pakistan naval air arm operates more than 12 aircraft based at PNS Base Faisal.

 Peru

Peruvian Air Force

 South Africa

South African IIICZ.
South African Air Force

 Spain

Spanish Mirage III EE at valencia (Spain)
Spanish Air Force

  Switzerland

Dassault Mirage IIIRS, R-2108, Swiss Air Force
Swiss Air Force

 Venezuela

Venezuelan Air Force

 Zaire

Zairean Air Force

See also

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References