| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | 01 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Dassault Mirage F2 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Dassault Mirage F2 |
| Aircraft Version: | Dassault Mirage F2 |
| C/n (msn): | 01 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force |
| Location | |
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| Location: | In Flight |
| Country: | France |
| Photo Date: | 18 November 1967 to 13 January 1973 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 180976 |
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After the Mirage IIIV VTOL fighter project, Dassault built a swept-wing prototype powered by one P&W TF30 engine, the Mirage IIIF2 or Mirage F2 (centre). The planned single-seat, TF30-engined Mirage F3 interceptor was abandoned in favour of the variable-geometry Mirage G, however. The TF30-powered Mirage IIIG prototype is seen in the background. Eventually the twin-engined Mirage G8 got cancelled too in 1973 and the smaller and simpler, Atar 9K-50-engined Mirage F1, in the foreground, became the Mirage III's successor instead. Photo from: Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie This photo was added on 3 November 2019, and has since been viewed 11013 times. |