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On the afternoon of October 8, 1996, 2 Turkish F-16s and 4 F-4s were on a SEAD training mission over the Aegean when they violated Greek airspace north of Chios. [5] 2 Greek Dassault Mirage 2000 jets, one flown by captain Thanos Grivas were sent to intercept the Turkish jets.
Consequently, Dassault in April 1989 announced that with the cooperation of Thomson-CSF, it would be working on a privately funded update of the Mirage 2000C, which was to be named the Mirage 2000-5. [15] [16] A two-seat Mirage 2000B prototype was extensively modified as the first Mirage 2000-5 prototype, and it first flew on 24 October 1990. A ...
The Mirage 5 grew out of a request to Dassault from the Israeli Air Force.Since the weather over the Middle East is clear and sunny most of the time, the Israelis suggested removing the air intercept radar and its avionics, normally located behind the cockpit, from the standard Mirage IIIE to reduce cost and maintenance, and replacing them with more fuel storage for attack missions.
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.
On 27 February 2019, Taiwan requested to buy 66 new F-16 Block 70/72 airframes for an approximate $13 billion (~$15.3 billion in 2023) as replacement for their aging Mirage 2000 and F-5 fighters. [47] On 16 August 2019, the US State Department submitted the package to Congress, [48] total package worth $8 billion (~$9.4 billion in 2023) for 66 ...
The Mirage 2000 is a multi-role, single-engine jet fighter. Zelenskiy said in September he had struck an agreement on training Ukraine pilots in France in conversation with Macron.
Development began in 1984, with the first of nine prototypes flying in July 1987 in a Mystère 20, and the first delivery of a production set in December 1994.. RDY is the standard fit on the Mirage 2000–5,-5Mk2 (RDY-2) and -9 (RDY-2) aircraft and has been retrofitted aboard 37 French Air Force Mirage 2000Cs (aircraft to Mirage 2000-5F standard; 11 aircraft redelivered during 1998, 22 during ...
French Air and Space Force: used on Mirage 2000-5, Mirage 2000D RMV and Rafale aircraft. [15] [16] [17] French Navy: used on Rafale M aircraft. [17] Greece Hellenic Air Force: MICA EM/IR [18] [19] on Mirage 2000 and Rafale fighters 100 missiles ordered in 2000 (delivery 2003-04) [20] 100 ordered in 2003 [20] India