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Background

Equipment
   Mirage III
   Nimrod
   Oerlikon 35mm
   Roland
   Shrike
   Victor
   Vulcan

Missions
   Black Buck One
   Black Buck Two
   Black Buck Three
   Black Buck Four
   Black Buck Five
   Black Buck Six
   Black Buck Seven

Aftermath

Books
   Vulcan 607


 
   
Operation Black Buck   >   Equipment   >   Mirage III

Mirage III


The Mirage III is a French-built fighter aircraft that was originally designed in the 1950s, and entered service in 1961. The Mirage III was exported to many countries around the world, and achieved great success with the Israeli Air Force in the 1967 Six Day War.

At the time of the Falklands War, the Mirage III was the principal fighter of the Argentine Air Force (some are still in Argentine Air Force service as of 2007).

Dassault Mirage III

Here is a summary of the Mirage III technical specifications:

Crew 1 or 2 depending on model
Wingspan 26 feet 11 inches (8.2 metres)
Length 49 feet 3½ inches (15 metres)
Height 27 feet 1 inch (8.1 metres)
Wing Area 375 ft2 (34.85 m2)
Maximum Take-off Weight 29,700 lb (7,050 kg)
Maximum Speed Mach 2.2 - 1,460 mph (2,350 km/h)
Range 1,500 miles (1,300 nautical miles, 2,400 kilometres)
Service Ceiling 56,000 feet (17,000 metres)





 
   
World War II
Operation Barbarossa
1941 German Invasion of Russia
Operation Citadel
1943 The Battle of Kursk
Operation Dragoon
1944 Invasion of southern France
Operation Varsity
1945 Crossing the Rhine

Invasions That Never Were
Operation Sealion
1940 German invasion of England
Operation Olympic
1945 US invasion of southern Japan
Operation Coronet
1946 US invasion of northern Japan

Special Forces
Operation Entebbe
1976 Entebbe Airport Rescue
Operation Nimrod
1980 Iranian Embassy Siege

British Cold War Operations
Operation Musketeer
1956 Suez Crisis
Operation Corporate
1982 Falklands War
Operation Black Buck
1982 Vulcan raids on Port Stanley
Operation Granby
1990-91 Persian Gulf

British Post Cold War
Operation Herrick
2002- Afghanistan


 
 
 
 
 
   

 
       
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