| | Dassault Mirage F1 Jet Fighter Plane | The Dassault Mirage F1 first flew in late 1966 and entered service with the French Air Force in 1973, it was designed by Dassault Aviation as a single seat fighter and attack air craft to replace both the Dassault Mirage III and the Mirage V fighters. A total of 720 Dassault Mirage F1 aircraft have been built and has served with the air forces of France, Iraq, Spain, Greece, South Africa, Jordan, Kuwait and Morocco. Over a third of the 720 Dassault Mirage F1 fighters produced served with the French Air Force and remained their primary interceptor until the introduction of the Dassault Mirage 2000C in 1984. |
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Mirage F1 Specifications: - Crew: Pilot only
- Length: 15.33 m (50 ft 3 in)
- Wingspan: 8.44 m (27 ft 8 in)
- Height: 4.49 m (14 ft 8 in)
- Empty weight: 7,400 kg (16,000 lb)
- Loaded weight: 11,130 kg (24,540 lb)
- Maximum takeoff weight: 16,200 kg (35,700 lb)
- Engine: Single SNECMA Atar 9K-50 afterburning turbojet
- Maximum speed: Mach 2.3 (2,573 km/h, 1,600 mph) at 11,000 m (36,000 ft)
- Combat radius: 425 km (229 nm, 265 mi)
- Service ceiling: 20,000 m (66,000 ft)
- Rate of climb: 215 m/s (42,300 ft/min)
Mirage F1 Armament: - Twin 30 mm (1.18 in) DEFA 553 cannons with 150 rounds per gun
- Eight Matra rocket pods each containing 18 SNEB 68 mm unguided-rockets
Missiles can be any of the following: Four AIM-9 Sidewinder short-range infra-red heat-seeking air-to-air missilesFour Matra R550 Magics short-range infra-red heat-seeking air-to-air missilesTwo Super 530F medium-range radar directed air-to-air missilesTwo AM-39 Exocet long-range radar directed anti-ship missilesTwo AS-30L medium-range air-to-ground laser guided homing missiles Bombs: 14,000 lb (6,300 kg) of munitions or external fuel drop tanks carried on five external hard-points |
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