The Dassault Mirage 5 is a French supersonic

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during the 1960s and manufactured in France and other countries. It was derived from Dassault's popular

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fighter and spawned several variants of its own, including the

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. In Pakistan's service, the Mirage 5s are modified and are capable of

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Design and development

Early development

The Mirage 5 grew out of a request to Dassault from the

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. Since the weather over the Middle East is clear and sunny most of the time, the Israelis suggested removing the air intercept radar and its avionics, normally located behind the cockpit, from the standard Mirage IIIE to reduce cost and maintenance, and replacing them with more fuel storage for attack missions.Duchateau/Salvador 1990, p. 26.Jackson 1985, pp. 32–34. In September 1966, the Israelis placed an order for 50 of the new aircraft. Due to customer preference some variants of the Mirage 5 were radar-equipped.

Mirage 5

The first Mirage 5 flew on 19 May 1967.Jackson 1985, p. 34. It looked much like the Mirage III, except that it had a long slender nose that extended the aircraft's length by about half a metre. A

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was distinctively moved from the tip of the nose to below the nose in the majority of Mirage 5 variants. The Mirage 5 retained the IIIE's twin DEFA guns, but added two additional pylons, for a total of seven. Maximum warload was 4,000 kg (8,800 lb). Provision for the SEPR rocket engine was deleted. Rising tensions in the Middle East led French President

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the Israeli Mirage 5s on 3 June 1967. The Mirages continued to roll off the production line, even though they were embargoed, and by 1968 the batch was complete and the Israelis had provided final payments. In late

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, the Israelis, who had pilots in France testing the aircraft, requested that the aircraft be transferred to

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, in theory to allow them to continue flight training during the winter. The French government became suspicious when the Israelis also tried to obtain long-range fuel tanks and cancelled the move. The Israelis finally gave up trying to acquire the aircraft and accepted a refund. Some sources claim that cooperation with France resumed outside the public's eye and Israel received 50 Mirage 5s in crates from the

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, while the French took over the 50 aircraft originally intended for Israel, as Mirage 5Fs. Officially, Israel claimed to have built the aircraft after obtaining complete blueprints, naming them IAI Nesher. Like the Mirage IIIE, the Mirage 5 was popular with export customers, with different export variants fitted with a wide range of different avionics. While the Mirage 5 had been originally oriented to the clear-weather attack role, with some avionic fits it was refocused to the air-combat mission. As electronic systems became more compact and powerful, it was possible to provide the Mirage 5 with increased capability, even though the rear avionics bay had been deleted, therefore in some sub-versions, the result was a "reinvented" Mirage IIIE. Reconnaissance and two-seat versions of the Mirage 5 were sold, with the designation Mirage 5R, and Mirage 5D respectively. Egyptian Mirage 5 at Cairo-West 1985

The Mirage 5 was sold to

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, and

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, with the usual list of subvariant designations and variations in kit. The Belgian aircraft were fitted with mostly US avionics, and some Egyptian aircraft were fitted with the MS2 attack avionics system from the

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. In 1982, Pakistan Chief of Air Staff ACM Anwar Shamim acquired an additional squadron of the Mirage 5 from

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to provide effective support to the Navy. Argentina Air Force Dassault Mirage 5PA MARA Lofting-1

In 1978 and 1980, Israel sold a total of 35 of their Neshers plus 4 Nesher trainer aircraft (Nesher Ts) to

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, where they were locally known first as Daggers and after their upgrade as Fingers. The Argentines lost two Mirage IIIEAs and twelve Daggers during the

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in 1982. As a measure of solidarity, the Peruvians transferred ten of their Mirage 5Ps to Argentina, under the name Mirage Mara, to help alleviate its losses.

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purchased five Nesher trainers for trials during its own ''

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'' fighter programme. All the aircraft were eventually upgraded to Cheetah D standard.

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incorporated some Mirage 5s under name Mirage Elkan. A total of 582 Mirage 5s were built, including 51 Israeli Neshers.

Belgian production

In 1968, the Belgian government ordered 106 Mirage 5s from Dassault. All aircraft but the first one of each variant were to be license-built by SABCA in Belgium. Component production at the SABCA Haren plant near Brussels was followed by assembly at the SABCA plant at Gosselies airfield, near Charleroi. The ATAR engines were produced by FN Moteurs at this company's Liège plant. SABCA production included three versions: Mirage 5BA for the ground-attack role, Mirage 5BR for the reconnaissance role and Mirage 5BD for training and conversion. By the end of the 1980s, a MIRage Safety Improvement Program (MIRSIP) was agreed to by parliament, calling for 20 low-time Mirages (15 Mirage 5BAs and 5 Mirage 5BDs) to be upgraded. Initial plans included a new more powerful engine, but this idea was abandoned to limit cost. The upgrade eventually included a more modern cockpit, a new ejection seat, a

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, and canards to improve takeoff performance and overall maneuverability. A new government canceled the MIRSIP but SABCA was allowed to carry out the update, in order to sell the aircraft on the export market. After completion, the Belgian government sold all 20 aircraft to Chile, together with 4 non-upgraded Mirage 5BRs, and one non-upgraded Mirage 5BD.

Mirage 50

The development and subsequent installation of the new Atar 9K50 engine led to the next Mirage variant, the Mirage 50, during the 1970s. The uprated engine gave the Mirage 50 better takeoff and climb characteristics than its predecessors. The Mirage 50 also incorporated new avionics, such as a Cyrano IV radar system. However, despite these upgrades, it did not prove popular in export sales as the Mirage 5 itself was becoming obsolete.

ordered a quantity of Mirage 50s, receiving both new production as well as updated Armée de l'Air Mirage 5s. The Chilean aircraft were later modernised along the lines of the

and were called the ENAER Pantera. The Pantera incorporates fixed canards and other aerodynamic improvements, as well as advanced

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, an in-flight refuelling probe, a reinforced landing gear, and two additional harpoints under the fuselage. These aircraft have an extended nose to accommodate some of the new systems. In the early 1990s, Dassault upgraded a batch of Venezuelan Mirage IIIEVs and 5s to Mirage 50 standards, in addition to some newly built aircraft.

Mirage 5 ROSE

In the 1990s, the PAF launched a

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(MLU) program, codenamed as

Project ROSE Project ROSE ("Retrofit of Strike Element") was a program by the Pakistan Air Force to upgrade the avionics of its aging Dassault Mirage IIIEP and Mirage 5PA fighter jets. These had originally been built either by Dassault Aviation in France, o ...

(Retrofit Of Strike Element), to its

and Mirage 5 aircraft with modern

provided by French, Italian, and Pakistani companies. The PAF acquired

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drawings of the aircraft from France, redeveloping and redesigning it at the

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. In the first phase of the project, former

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fighters received a modernisation designated ''ROSE I''. Mirage 5Fs were also bought in the late 1990s from the

. Twenty of them were upgraded with new cockpit equipments including multifunction displays and a head-up display, navigation/attack suites, defensive aids systems, encrypted radios, a radar altimeter and a forward-looking infrared (FLIR) sensor under the aircraft's nose, under the ROSE II program. Additionally, 14 Mirage 5Fs were similarly upgraded but with newer systems, under a program designated ROSE III. The FLIR sensors enable the Mirage 5 ROSE fighters to specialise in the night-time attack role.

Operational history

Belgium

During the 1991

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, 18 Belgian Mirage 5s were deployed to Turkey alongside

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Alpha Jets and

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F-104s under a

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-based operation to protect Turkey against potential Iraqi attacks.

Pakistan

In February 2019,

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jets violated Pakistani airspace and bombed a wooded area in

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. Resultantly, Pakistan launched retaliatory airstrikes (Codenamed " Operation Swift Retort") on military installations at

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. During the airstrikes, two Dassault Mirage-5PAs from the No. 15 Squadron dropped their

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glide bombs which were guided to their specific targets by Weapon System Officers seated in Dassault Mirage-IIIDAs via

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. The operation was a success and the aircraft returned safely. The

displayed debris of what it claimed to be a PAF Mirage 5 shot down by air defense systems during

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press briefing on May 12 2025.

Variants

* Mirage 5 : Single-seat radarless ground-attack fighter aircraft. ** Mirage 5AD : Export version of Mirage 5 for

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; 12 built.Jackson ''World Air Power Journal'' Volume 15, p. 101. ** Mirage 5EAD : Single-seat radar-equipped fighter-bomber version for

. 14 built. ** Mirage 5BA : Single-seat version of the Mirage 5 for

, fitted with mainly US avionics; 63 built, 62 under license by SABCA. ** Mirage 5COA : Export version of the Mirage 5 for

. 14 built. Remaining aircraft upgraded by IAI with canards and new avionics.Jackson ''World Air Power Journal'' Volume 15, pp. 107–108. ** Mirage 5D : Export single-seat ground-attack aircraft of the Mirage 5 for

; 53 built. ** Mirage 5DE : Single-seat radar-equipped fighter-bomber version for

; 32 built. 31 survivors upgraded with

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s starting in 1975. ** Mirage 5F : Single-seat ground-attack fighter aircraft for the

. 50 ex-Israeli Mirage 5Js.Jackson ''World Air Power Journal'' Volume 15, p. 100. Eight aircraft withdrawn for conversion to Mirage 50C for Chile, with eight new-build 5Fs built as replacements.Jackson 1985, p. 30. ** Mirage 5G : Export version of the Mirage 5 for

. Three built. ** Mirage 5G2 : Four aircraft for

, with provision for a

under the nose; two new-build and two undelivered ex-Zaire 5M. ** Mirage 5J : 50 aircraft were ordered by

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, but the order was later embargoed by the French government. They were delivered instead to the

as the Mirage 5F. ** Mirage 5M : Export version of the Mirage 5 for

; 14 built, of which only 11 delivered owing to funding shortages. ** Mirage 5MA Elkan : Upgraded Mirage 5BA aircraft sold to

. ** Mirage 5P : Export version of the Mirage 5 for

; 22 built.Jackson ''World Air Power Journal'' Volume 16, p. 112. ** Mirage 5P Mara : Upgraded Mirage 5P for

; 10 aircraft sold by Peru. ** Mirage 5P3 : Upgraded aircraft for

, with new Litton

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, and new

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; 10 built. ** Mirage 5P4 : Upgraded aircraft for

, with all of the improvements found on the Mirage 5P3, as well as a

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, a

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controls,

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probe, and capable of using R.550 Magic missiles; two new-build plus upgraded older aircraft. ** Mirage 5PA : Single-seat radarless version of the Mirage 5 for

; 28 built. Later modernized with a

and a Litton

. ** Mirage 5PA2 : New-build aircraft for

, fitted with the Agave radar; 18 built. ** Mirage 5PA3 : New-build anti-shipping aircraft for

, also fitted with the Agave radar and compatible with the

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. 12 built.Jackson ''World Air Power Journal'' Volume 16, p. 111. ** Mirage 5SDE : Single-seat radar-equipped fighter-bomber version for

, equivalent to Mirage IIIE; 54 built.Jackson ''World Air Power Journal'' Volume 16, p. 98. ** Mirage 5E2 : Upgraded radarless attack version for

, with a navigation and attack system identical to the one found on the Alpha Jet MS2. 16 built. ** Mirage 5V : Single-seat ground attack aircraft 5 for

; six built. 2 survivors rebuilt to Mirage 50EV standard, and 1 to Mirage 50DV. * Mirage 5R : Single-seat reconnaissance aircraft. ** Mirage 5BR : Reconnaissance version of 5BA for

; 27 built, 23 in Belgium.Jackson ''World Air Power Journal'' Volume 14, p.133. ** Mirage 5COR : Export version of the Mirage 5R for

; two built.Jackson 1985, p. 51. ** Mirage 5DR : Export version of the Mirage 5R for

; ten built.Jackson 1985, p.53.Jackson ''World Air Power Journal'' Volume 16, p. 110. ** Mirage 5RAD : Export version of the Mirage 5R for

; three built.Jackson 1985, p.43. ** Mirage 5SDR : Export version of the Mirage 5R for

; six built. * Mirage 5Dx : Two-seat training version. ** Mirage 5BD : Two-seat trainer version of 5BA for Belgium; 16 built, 15 built locally.Jackson ''World Air Power Journal'' Volume 14, p. 126. ** Mirage 5COD : Two-seat trainer for Colombia. Two built. Upgraded with canards and new avionics. ** Mirage 5DAD : Two-seat trainer for Abu Dhabi, UAE. Three built. ** Mirage 5DD : Two-seat trainer for Libya; 15 built. ** Mirage 5DG : Two-seat trainer for Gabon; two delivered in 1978. ** Mirage 5DG2 : Two-seat trainer for Gabon; two built, delivered in 1984 and 1985 respectively. ** Mirage 5DM : Two-seat trainer for Zaire; three built, all of which were delivered.Jackson ''World Air Power Journal'' Volume 16, p. 119. ** Mirage 5DP : Two-seat trainer for Peru; four delivered. ** Mirage 5DP3 : Upgraded trainer for Peru, with the same improvements as on the Mirage 5P3; one built. ** Mirage 5DP4 : Upgraded trainer for Peru, with the same improvements as on the Mirage 5P4, except the in-flight refueling probe; one new-build plus upgraded older aircraft. ** Mirage 5DPA2 : Two-seat trainer version for Pakistan; two built. ** Mirage 5DV : Two-seat trainer for Venezuela; three built. One survivor rebuilt to Mirage 50DV standard. ** Mirage 5MD Elkan : Upgraded Mirage 5BD aircraft sold to Chile. ** Mirage 5SDD : Two-seat trainer for Egypt; six built. * Mirage 50 : multi-role fighter-bomber, ground-attack aircraft, powered by more powerful 49.2 kN (11,055 lbf) dry, 70.6 kN (15,870 lbf) with reheat Atar 9K-50 engine. Available with or without radar. ** Mirage 50C : New-build radar-equipped Mirage 50 for Chile; six built.Jackson ''World Air Power Journal'' Volume 15, p. 104. ** Mirage 50FC : Eight re-engined Mirage 5F aircraft sold to Chile. ** Mirage 50DC : Two-seat training version for Chile. Three built, two with lower powered Atar 9C-3 engine. ** Mirage 50CN Pantera : Mirage 50C and 50FC aircraft upgraded by ENAER with help from the Israeli company IAI for Chile with canards, revised, Kfir style nose and new avionics; 13 50C and FC upgraded plus two 50DC trainers.Jackson ''World Air Power Journal'' Volume 15, p. 116. ** Mirage 50EV : Single-seat fighter-bomber version for Venezuela. Fitted with canards, and an

probe. New Cyrano IVM3 radar,

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, and

. Equipped with a Sherloc

, and an ALE-40

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dispenser. Capable of using the

. Six new-build, as well as seven upgraded aircraft (two Mirage IIIEV, two Mirage 5V, and three ex- Zairian Mirage 5M). ** Mirage 50DV : Two-seat training version for Venezuela. Similar standard to 50EV, save for the radar, and the refueling probe that can only be used for training (no fuel transfer possible). One new build plus two upgrades (one Mirage 5V and one Mirage 5DV). This variant is also in service with the

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Operators

Current

* : 92 ***

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, Mirage 5PA *** No. 8 Squadron,

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, Mirage 5PA2, 5PA3, 5DPA2 - (1979–2022) *** 9 Squadron,

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, Mirage 5PA - (1973–1984) *** 15 Squadron,

, Mirage 5PA, 5DR (Converted to

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in 2022) *** No.18 Squadron,

, Mirage 5PA2 - (1981–1989) *** No. 22 Squadron,

, Mirage 5PA, 5PA2 - (1984–2004) *** 25 Squadron,

, Mirage 5F ROSE II *** 27 Squadron,

, Mirage 5F ROSE III

Former

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Specifications (Mirage 5F)

References

Notes

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