Dassault Mirage 2000
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The Dassault Mirage 2000 is a French multirole, single-engine, delta wing, fourth-generation jet fighter manufactured by Dassault Aviation. It was designed in the late 1970s as a lightweight fighter to replace the Mirage III for the French Air Force. The Mirage 2000 evolved into a multirole aircraft with several variants developed, with sales to a number of nations. It was later developed into the Mirage 2000N and 2000D strike variants, the improved Mirage 2000-5, and several export variants. Over 600 aircraft were built and it has been in service with nine nations.
Dassault Mirage 2000
2000D 603 of 3/3 "Ardennes" at Kandahar International Airport, 2010
IAF Mirage 2000 in Cope India 2004
Mirage 2000 at Aero India show
Delta wing
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A delta wing is a wing shaped in the form of a triangle. It is named for its similarity in shape to the Greek uppercase letter delta (Δ).
The Dassault Mirage 2000 is among the most successful delta-winged fighter jets, being used by many countries to this day.
Convair made several supersonic deltas. This is an F-106 Delta Dart, a development of their earlier F-102 Delta Dagger
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