Dassault Mirage IV
The Dassault Mirage IV was a twin-engine French supersonic bomber. It first flew in June 1959. It could carry a nuclear bomb AN-22 or a nuclear missile ASMP. It was in active service from 1964 to 2009. From 1990, it was used like a reconnaissance aircraft, after the Armée de l'Air bought Mirage 2000N. Dassault Mirage IV was not sold at export.
An example is from 2000 on exhibit at the Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace, the French aviation and space museum, in Paris–Le Bourget Airport.
Dassault Mirage IV Media
Mirage IV had 12 solid-fuel rockets for rocket-assisted take off (RATO)
On display at a 2004 air show
One of the stars during the Reconnaissance Meet at Florennes (Belgium) in July 2003 was 53/BZ. Without the unit badge on the fin. 53 is now lying in pieces at storage base Chateaudun.
A French Air Force Mirage IV
Close-up of Mirage IV on the taxiway
Underside of a low-flying Mirage IV, 1986
Mirage IVP at RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire, England, 2003
Mirage IV on a reconnaissance mission over a burning oil field in 1991 following the Gulf War
Mirage IV in the hangar with his friends and guard dog
Dassault Mirage IV Line Drawing of four aspects, top, bottom, side and front.
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Bibliography
- Moeng, Sophearith (1998). Vital guide to military Aircraft. Airlife publishing. ISBN 1 85310 537 6.
- Beaumont, Hervé (2003). Mirage IV : le bombardier stratégique : histoire du vecteur aérien piloté de la force de dissuasion nucléaire française. Larivière. ISBN 2-914205-02-3.
