Mirage F1 | The sweptback wing child of the Mirage family

We are investigating the Dassault Mirage F1, one of the early examples of multi-role fighters. #MirageF1 #Dassault #militaryaviation
Why did France need a sweptback wing combat aircraft?
What were the other Mirage development programmes of Dassault, which paved the way for the Mirage F1?
What are the combat experiences of the aircraft?
Why were there no intense air skirmishes between the South African Mirage F1s and the Angolan MiG-23s?
00:00 Introduction
01:08 Historical background
03:31 Programme history
04:53 Design
05:36 Variants
07:54 Users
08:14 Specifications
09:24 Operational use
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[@nishantshrivastava9674]

Plz make a similar vid on Mirage 2000 and it's relevance compared to F16 during cold war.

[@jetaddicted]

I was lucky enough to witness their last flyby above Paris, a magnificent sight, four F-1s with special tail markings. The F-1 has a dedicated place in my heart.

[@patriotenfield3276]

Btw Congratulations for the 2nd kid.

[@NazidKimmie]

Great video and congratulations on your new baby! We tend to shrug when the Mirage family are brought up now because they were overshadowed by the sexier 4th Gen aircraft, but the long export orders, combat history and the modern capabilities show just how great the Dassault Darts of Death :) are. Interesting that Draken have purchased a whole lot of ex-Spanish F1's for use in DAC training against U.S and allied aircraft, again testimony to the flyability and ruggedness of this little plane that could!

[@recepemrealtunbas6315]

Congratulations for the 2nd kid!

[@im2noob4bronze]

Greece lost a mirage F1 by a Turkish F16 too, but other than that, they had a remarkable career with the Hellenic AF. Especially with the exocet missles they were a big threat to TR navy from 1975 to the 1990's

[@JoJo-vm8vk]

AFAIK Greek Mirage F1 didn't use Exocet. It came with Mirage 2000 EGM.

[@habahan4257]

The Greek Mirage F1 crashed the sea because of its pilot's wrong manoeuvres. Similarly, the Turkish Air Force lost some of its F-4Es and F-16s during the dog fights.

[@Etendard1708]

Mirage F1 is no match for the more technologically advanced & agile F16.. but it is indeed a true adversary of MiG-23 Flogger.

[@bramantyoprahoro7284]

Mirage F1s are the most powerful family in the dinasty. Sweptback wings, heavier payloads, good ability to take-off from gravel runway.

[@DerredmaxTRIAX]

The most beautiful fighter jet ever created!!

[@prashanthb6521]

That was the the Su-30 !

[@habahan4257]

I think it is Viggen

[@andibonfim1284]

A nice aircraft🙂 Good work ❗👍😀

[@MrBigfabe]

this one has a very special place in my heart, I had the chance of seing it flying every single day when I did my military duty in french air force.

[@jeanfrancoishernandez3657]

Ba132 Colmar ..

[@TheAslakVind]

So beautiful aircraft, as all Dassualt fighters.

[@kertaspaper94]

The Mirage F1 one of my favourite Cold War era aircraft

[@NoName-ds5uq]

Congratulations for your new baby! Great coverage of the F1 too!

[@louwvandermerwe178]

One of the best looking fighters of all time!

[@aking-plums6985]

Congratulations on the birth of the next generation "Weapon Detective"!!!

[@victo2335]

One thing to add. The Iranian Mirages are having anti ship missile and anti ship avionics added to it. One request is do something on the Iranian F14s in the Iran-Iraq war and how they are upgraded in todays time and ago. Dope video guys and good job!

[@FranciscoPartidas]

Are the Iranian F1s Iraqui F1s that defected to Iran during desert storm? Never heard of Iran buying mirages

[@victo2335]

@@FranciscoPartidas Yes these Mirages are the F1s that came from Iraq during Desert storm and operation freedom Iraq or what ever, your right.

[@choppergunner8650]

This was an amazing fighter in the deserts of Namibia. South African Air Force swept Cuban MiGs out of the sky.

[@TriNguyen-zf3pp]

One of the most beautiful airplane of all time

[@Ezio_Auditore_Assassin]

Mirage F1 is the most balanced 2nd generation fighter, I think it has great maneuverability, good radar and middle range AAM. It even can be a threat for many 3nd generation fighters. It also has simple clean and streamlining outline, I really love the Mirage F1C with 2 magic and 2 super530, I think its simple interceptor mode is the most useful and good looking one for many countries in 80s and early 90s.

[@prashanthb6521]

Did you ride one ?

[@Ezio_Auditore_Assassin]

@@prashanthb6521 I wanted!

[@JR-ut2ne]

The Mirage F1 is a 3rd Generation Fighter.

[@anjinsanx44]

I fly it in dcs! Love it!

[@Ben__S]

Some Mirage F1 (from France) are still flying in USA, Nellis as aggressors.

[@dougerrohmer]

@@rooiflitz Definitely a bunch of Spanish ones there, not sure of SAAF ones.

[@lambokhutabarat1100]

Thanks for the great footage. Love it.

[@MisteriosGloriosos922]

*Thanks for letting us know, well done!!*

[@1joshjosh1]

I love this aircraft

[@expantube]

The Mirage F1 was also an incredible sound...

[@scout005]

Well presented. All the info you need to know with great footage. Subscribed.

[@bearshrimp]

Excellent video! Once again I salute you for making videos on French weapon systems in English! I have always been fascinated by French systems because they are a 3rd way apart from US systems and Soviet/Russian systems for countries which wished to remain outside the US/Soviet cold war. The F1 was as good or better than contemporary US/Soviet fighters and only failed when confronted by massive 4th generation air supremacy in the Gulf War. Against Iranian F4s and even F-14s Iraqi Mirage F-1 were able to hold their own.

[@carlosdeleon8527]

Love all your videos

[@asyik6]

One of my favourite mirage series

[@clydeceniza2521]

Congratulations on the baby!

[@habahan4257]

Congratulations on your new baby. Excellent video as always. Now the turns for the Mirage IV and Mirage 2000 to complete the series

[@WeaponDetective]

Thanks for your interest. We are planing to make videos for the other members of the Mirage family as soon as possible.

[@dlenkos]

Tebrik ederim dostum. Yolun açık olsun!

[@45641560456405640563]

Beautiful aircraft.

[@barcegt1728]

Noticed two of these flying over the US tonight on flight radar, decided to do some research. Good video!

[@nedcollier1495]

Love your channel.... keep it going... Eamonn

[@petesheppard1709]

Just as sleek and beautiful as its delta cousins.

[@curiouscaesar6813]

Wonderful video on the Mirage F1, Congratulations on your second child. And just a correction 13:01 it is Surface to air missiles, can see it was a slip of tongue

[@KlipsenTube]

The original designation of the Mirage F1 was Mirage III F1, because it succeeded the Mirage III E. Likewise, Mirage G was short for Mirage III G - a swing-wing/variable geometry aircraft "based on" the delta wing fighter.

[@hennies9509]

Very nice video, thank you.

[@danabogue1804]

My favorite Dassault product!

[@amesbancal]

Excellent video

[@burceparmaksz2644]

Interesting content to watch I suggest 👏🏻

[@editman145]

Congratulations with you newborn! The best of luck!

[@xtrythis1170]

Can you do a video on the mirage 4? Love your videos ❤️

[@louiswilkins9624]

Congratulations on the new baby 🍼

[@markswayn2628]

Good video, and congratulations on the birth.

[@NoName-sb9tp]

Congrat for the 2nd child :))

[@ddviper8813]

Im a year late, but I just recently found your channel. Congrats btw 🤙🏼

[@bhromur]

Pour moi ça reste le plus bel avion de chasse jamais créé, le jet par essence.

[@user-ez9en7vk2z]

Well done. Very well research. Also gone to great lengths to source and use the correct stock footage when speaking about different countries etc.

[@fujii_natsuooooo]

beautiful bird

[@noelyogyakarta2922]

comgrats bro

[@dawnsparrow4477]

Too nice video about mirage F-1 which clearly explained its characteristics shared by excellent weapons detective 🕵️‍♂️ channel 👌...I think Israel 🇮🇱 airforce used it with superior capability in 1967

[@fishyfish6050]

Israel never used the Mirage f1 from what i know they used Mirage 3s iirc

[@jotabe1984]

despite the low altitude performance and the recuded takeoff and landing run required, the Mirage F1 never really overshadowed the Mirage III/V... Moreon since new features of the Mirage F1 like Cyrano IV Radar (that was an improvement over Mirage III Cyrano II radar) improved ATAR 9K50 engine (that was an improvement over ATAR 9C of the Mirage III) and other stuff (like refueling probe and improved avionics) could be (and actually were) retrofitted to Mirage III fuselaje or even be purchased out of factory with these features (Mirage 50). All in all, Mirage F1 was a 3rd gen fighter and suffered its predecessor Mirage III (like Mig23 suffered Mig-21) since 3rd gen was a strange jet generation that only lasted for 20 years (1960 to 1980) and had to struggle with the 2nd gen designs being able to receive the 3rd gen improvements, and was way way behind 4th gen fighters in every aspect

[@dougerrohmer]

One thing the Mirage III could never do is have the range of the F1. Makes a big difference if you do not have tankers and AWACS to protect your tankers.

[@treerat7631]

Did well with the SADF

[@thor1696]

Congrats for your baby😄

[@veidorje1681]

the pointiest of all pointy nozes the US airforce has recently bought 63 mirage F1 retired from service to be upgraded and to be used as part of their agressors squadrons during red-flag's war games thanks 4 sharing : )

[@michaelkeaton5394]

Fun fact: Dassault is the only company in the world to have produced both a vtol plane and a plane where the wings could move from a swept configuration to a delta wing configuration

[@ExiliaN42]

13:02 Surface to Air, actually.

[@SS-_.1]

Mazel tov!

[@emregungor2986]

[@ulisesvelez5846]

other costumer from foreing countries are spain,morocco,argelia,lybia,kuwait,iran,south africa,gabon,jordan.

[@blue280485]

Very interesting video 👍👌 Why don't the French make Mirage F1 with twin smal engines modernised for today's times, inspired by F-5EM / F-5FM Tiger II (same size as Tiger II). This new French Light Combat Fighter (avg unit price USD 30 million) would be Export Blockbuster for French for a lot countries who can't afford Rafael fighter. If they go one step further and offer Mirage F1N i.e. F1 converted to take-off & land on Mistral Class Light Aircraft Carriers (Mistral-LAC: 239m long, bigger avation hanger [12-Fighters+12-Medium.Helicopter], CATOBAR System [Oil burning Steam Boilers], rest same as current Mistral ships), lots of Navies of smaller and mid size countries would buy this combo. Hope the French do something about it.

[@jamilhussain5421]

I am surprised Pakistan didn't get any of these fighter planes

[@VikingTeddy]

A baby? Congratulations! I'll give sleep your regards since you won't be seeing it much.

[@jamilhussain5421]

Cause they do have the Mirage 3 & 5

[@Julia-fc4mp]

Again another thouroughly investigated video.It would be nice if you did a video of the South African mirage variant THE CHEETAH.

[@habahan4257]

There is a section about the Cheetah in the Mirage III video

[@dougerrohmer]

As an F1 fan, the Cheetah was a bit of a waste of time as it never had the range to be operational where the F1 went. I could be wrong.

[@halimtalafuka9946]

Halim Talafuka,Alhamdulillahirobbil Alamiin,Allahumma Amiin........

[@doubleugly1594]

Mirage F1 is coming to DCS this year... cant wait to rip this baby in the sky :)

[@pradeepkumarsingh4123]

Please make video on Skjold class missile boat

[@chandrachurniyogi8394]

wonder Dassault never pursued a newer variant of the MIRAGE F1 multi role fighter for the 21st century air force . . .

[@thomasbessis2809]

The iraqi version (Mirage F1-EQ I believe, I may be wrong) was a pretty capable multi-role fighter nearing 4th gen capability.

[@drinksnapple8997]

It could not compete against the F16 in the market, plus Dassault wanted to sell M2000.

[@TheKenji2221]

Well. The Rafale fills that role already. No need for a Mirage F2. France doesn't have the capacity to spend so much on so many different fighters.

[@reidmortensen2629]

You sound like a guy Longshot whos channel I watch. He plays DCS

[@amandastevenson4948]

Name her Yak that'll keep the boys away

[@naughtyUphillboy]

1:53 which plane is that ??????????????????????????

[@MrNgkakit]

Old J-10

[@Ade-mu4zn]

🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩

[@joesillamanrs7189]

Looks like the father of a f16

[@thor1696]

Bro can you make a video on bramhos crusie missile 😄

[@erkanylmaz5564]

Special minnets .

[@patriotenfield3276]

Please HAL LCH or Tata Kestrel . Both are New players in the Sino Indian conflict brewing now.

[@mikepette4422]

Always liked the Mirage Series but the F1 is often left off the list. I think it looks very cool but I just don't know enough about it even though there is plenty of info out there Oh wow the Swing wing Mirage looks really amazing and beefy

[@Archer89201]

A decent plane but the Iraqis managed to loose one to an unarmed EF-111 Raven!!!

[@olivierpuyou3621]

Considering how the morale of the Iraqi troops was, the pilot probably ejected. Unless the American crew made monstrous faces at him ^^

[@Archer89201]

@@olivierpuyou3621 the Iraqi pilot crashed his plane trying to shoot down the raven. flying low in night is difficult

[@icemanauz5701]

First

[@sohrabroozbahani4700]

Oh finally, Mon Cher the mirage F1, the French girlfriend I would cheat my Swedish wife over 😉🤪

[@raslin2k]

Sounds so much like smegma engine lmao

[@khaldrago911]

My buddy’s dad flew against the Mirage F1. He said it was like dealing with Soviet shit - it couldn’t keep up with US fighters.

[@khaldrago911]

@@rooiflitz he flew against them during Desert Shield/Desert Storm.

[@juliomaldonado4028]

@@khaldrago911 so your dad was probably a F15/16/14/18 pilot then. Yeah by that time. The Mirage F1 was pretty outmatched so that makes sense. What's interesting is that the Mirage F1 did shoot down a few F14s during the Iran Iraq war during the 80s. But heavy context is required for those stories.

[@ivanstepanovic1327]

Still, scared of MiG-23, which was dubbed as one of the worst fighters ever designed...

[@Hypernefelos]

The MiG-23 wasn't a good fighter in a dogfighting sense but it had wicked speed and acceleration, which made it dangerous; particularly since the MiG-23 had BVR missiles while the South African Mirages didn't, as far as I know.

[@dougerrohmer]

@@Hypernefelos Not so much BVR, but all aspect missiles vs outdated limited performance ones.

[@vincentkopytek2422]

Pronounce DassO!!!

[@garyyoung4074]

Really love the look of the 2 seater. How hard/demanding were the flight characteristics?