Mirage F1 News
2019
23 July 2019 | Combat Aircraft
ATAC moves ahead with Mirage aggressors
Textron Airborne Solution’s Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC) has started high-speed taxi tests of its new Dassault Mirage F1s at its base at Alliance Airport, Texas. It initially tested Mirage F1CR registration N618AX (ex-French Air Force serial 229). On July 22, its two-seat Mirage F1B registration N601AX also joined testing (ex-French serial 502). ... Read more ›
2017
19 September 2017 | Flight Global
Textron unit acquires 63 Mirage F1s
As Textron Airborne Solutions pursues the US Air Force s lucrative adversary air (ADAIR) contract, the company earlier this month acquired 63 Dassault Mirage F1s, ATAC chief executive Jeffrey Parker tells FlightGlobal.
2014
18 June 2014 | Flight Global
France retires last Mirage F1s
​The French air force has retired its last squadron of Dassault Mirage F1s from operational use, with the type due to make its final appearance during Bastille day celebrations next month.
2012
1 March 2012 | DefenseNews.com
France To Renovate Libyan F1s, Provide Training
France will renovate Libya’s small fleet of Dassault Mirage F1 fighter jets and train its personnel as part of a defense cooperation agreement, Ministry of Defense spokesman Gérard Gachet said March 1.
24 February 2012 | DefenseNews.com
France Views Libya as Possible Mirage Customer
Libya is seen as a potential buyer of Dassault Mirage F1 fighter jets, a French defense official said. The French Air Force is gradually replacing its Mirage fleet with the multirole Rafale, so Paris could sell its F1 ground attack aircraft to Tripoli.
2006
2 May 2006 | MILAVIA News
France to Upgrade Moroccan Mirage F-1 Fleet
Morocco has awarded France a contract worth around EUR350 million (USD420 million) to overhaul the Moroccan Air Force's fleet of 27 French Mirage F-1CH/EH fighter aircraft.