Dassault Mirage F2

The Dassault Mirage F2 was a French prototype two-seat attack aircraft, ground attack/fighter aircraft, which was designed to serve as a test bed for the Pratt & Whitney TF30, SNECMA TF306 turbofan engine. The F2 also influenced the subsequent Dassault Mirage G, a Variable-sweep wing, variable geometry design.

Design and development

Dassault were tasked in the early 1960s to design a low-altitude intruder that did not have the high approach speeds associated with the delta wing of the Dassault Mirage III, Mirage III. Unlike the Mirage III, the F2 had a high-mounted swept wing and horizontal tail surfaces. The prototype powered by a Pratt & Whitney TF30 turbofan first flew on 12 June 1966. It was re-engined with the Pratt & Whitney TF30, SNECMA TF306 for the second flight on 29 December 1966.

Two parallel developments were a single-seat Mirage F3 interceptor and a scaled-down and simpler Dassault Mirage F1, Mirage F1. Eventually the French Air Force chose to develop the French-engined F1, and the F2 did not enter production.

The fuselage and engine from the F2 formed the basis of a variable-geometry variant, the Dassault Mirage G, Mirage G.

Aircraft on display

The Mirage F2 is now preserved with DGA Techniques Aeronautiques in Toulouse Balma.

Specifications (Mirage F2 with TF30)

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1960s French fighter aircraft
Dassault Group aircraft, Mirage F1
Single-engined jet aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1966
High-wing aircraft