Country of Origin | France |
Builder team :
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Dassault Aviation,
SNECMA, Thomson-CSF
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Role |
Mirage F1 CT - Close Air Support (CAS) / attack / fighter
Mirage F1 CR - Tactical reconnaissance / fighter |
First flight :
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November 1981
1992 for the new weapons system (F1 CT version)
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In-service in French
Air Force :
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1983
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Similar Aircraft | Super Etendard Mitsubishi F-1 AV-8B Harrier II Fantan A |
Crew | one trainer--two |
Length | 49 ft (14.94 m) 15.33 m |
Span | 27 ft, 7 in (8.4 m) |
Height :
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4.50 m
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Weight
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8.1 t empty 15.2 t maximum at takeoff
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Power plant / Thrust :
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SNECMA Atar 9K50 jet
engine / 4.7 t and 6.8 t with afterburner
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Ceiling |
52,000 ft [20,000 meters ?] |
Maximum speed :
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Mach 2.2
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Cruise range |
1160 nm |
In-Flight Refueling |
Y |
Internal Fuel |
3435 kg |
Fuel capacity :
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4,100 l internal /
6,400 l maximal / In-flight refuelling
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Payload |
6300 kg |
Sensors |
Cyrano IVM radar (-200 has IWMR), RWR |
Drop Tanks |
1160 L drop tank with 927kg of fuel for 157nm of
range
2300 l drop tank with 1837kg of fuel for 310nm of range |
Armament |
2 30mm DEFA 553 cannon
2 Matra Magic R550
free fall and parachute drag bombs
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Special equipment :
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Radar Thomson-CSF
Cyrano IV-MR (air-to-air, air-to-ground), inertial navigation system,
panoramic camera Omera 40, vertical camera Omera 33, IR thermographic
captor Super Cyclope, lateral radar Raphael, electromagnetic emissions
detector Astac, photographic pod RP35P, Desire digital video recce pod,
electronic counter measures
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NATO interoperability :
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In-flight refuelling
by NATO aircraft, armament and ammunitions in accordance with NATO standards
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User Country |
France Greece Iran Iraq Jordan Kuwait Libya Morocco Qatar South Africa Spain |
Number of units produced :
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740 (all types of
Mirage F1 included)
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French Air Force inventory :
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40 aircraft in 2 squadrons
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