Airplane mirage 2000 air force. Heres all you need to know about this dassault mirage 2000 fighter jet. The reserve element of the air force consisted of 5187 personnel of the operational reserve. Photo taken at nancy ochey lfso in france on july 2 2018. Cn256 from ec12 cigogne de guynemer spa3 is seen here taking off from nancy ocheys rwy02 during the departure day after the 2018 air show lfso.
It was designed in the late 1970s as a lightweight fighter based on the mirage iii for the french air force. India placed and initial order of 36 single seater mirage 2000 and 4 twin seater mirage 2000 in 1982 as an answer to pakistan buying us. The french air force has 225 combat aircraft in service with the majority being 117 dassault mirage 2000 and 108 dassault rafale. Made f 16 fighter jets by lockheed martin.
177 of 193 177 of 193 sponsor message. See more ideas about fighter jets plane and military aircraft. Soon after inducting the mirage iaf gave it the name vajra meaning lightening thunderbolt in sanskrit. Peruvian air force mirage 2000 take off defensape.
Hellenic air force mirage 2000. The dassault mirage 2000 is a french multirole single engine fourth generation jet fighter manufactured by dassault aviation. French air force mirage 2000 5f 56. Last october george karavantos provided us with some insight into the hellenic air forces use of the dassault mirage 2000.
The mirage 2000 evolved into a multirole aircraft with several variants developed with sales to a number of nations. The dassault mirage 2000 is a french multirole single engine fourth generation jet fighter manufactured by dassault aviationit was designed in the late 1970s as a lightweight fighter to replace the mirage iii for the french air force armee de lairthe mirage 2000 evolved into a multirole aircraft with several variants developed with sales to a number of nations. This photo is copyright protected and may not be used in any way without proper permission. Photography by george karavantos.
The mirage 2000 is developed by dassault aviation and took its first flight in 1978 and was inducted in the french air force in 1984. This is why military aircraft are so attractive. Aviation photo 2466266 dassault mirage 2000 5dda qatar air force medium large tweet.