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MIRAGE F1 (DASSAULT-BREGUET) - General Characteristics.

Country of Origin France

Builder team :

Dassault Aviation, SNECMA, Thomson-CSF

Role
  • Mirage F1 CT - Close Air Support (CAS) / attack / fighter
  • Mirage F1 CR - Tactical reconnaissance / fighter
  • First flight :

    November 1981
    1992 for the new weapons system (F1 CT version)

    In-service in French Air Force :

    1983

    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 :

    4.50 m

    Weight

    8.1 t empty
    15.2 t maximum at takeoff

    Power plant / Thrust :

    SNECMA Atar 9K50 jet engine / 4.7 t and 6.8 t with afterburner

    Ceiling 52,000 ft [20,000 meters ?]

    Maximum speed :

    Mach 2.2

    Cruise range 1160 nm
    In-Flight Refueling Y
    Internal Fuel 3435 kg

    Fuel capacity :

    4,100 l internal / 6,400 l maximal / In-flight refuelling

    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
  • Special equipment :

    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

    NATO interoperability :

    In-flight refuelling by NATO aircraft, armament and ammunitions in accordance with NATO standards

    User Country
  • France
  • Greece
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Jordan
  • Kuwait
  • Libya
  • Morocco
  • Qatar
  • South Africa
  • Spain
  • Number of units produced :

    740 (all types of Mirage F1 included)

    French Air Force inventory :

    40 aircraft in 2 squadrons





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