Editing Dassault Mirage III (section)

====Israel====
[[File:Hatzerim Mirage 20100129 1.jpg|thumb|Mirage IIICJ at the [[Israeli Air Force Museum]] (13 victory markings)]]

The [[Israeli Air Force]] (IAF) purchased three variants of the Mirage III:<ref name=AR>{{cite web|url=http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_274.shtml |title=Dassault Mirage III & Mirage 5/Nesher in Israeli Service |publisher=ACIG |year=2003 |access-date=9 July 2013 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726102431/http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_274.shtml |archive-date=26 July 2014 }}</ref><ref name="prof 183">Brindley 1971, p. 183.</ref>
* 70 Mirage IIICJ single-seat fighters, received between April 1962 and July 1964.
* Two Mirage IIIRJ single-seat photo-reconnaissance aircraft, received in March 1964.
* Four Mirage IIIBJ two-seat combat trainers, three received in 1966 and one in 1968.

Initial Israeli operations were conducted in a close cooperative relationship with both Dassault and France itself, the former sharing large amounts of operational data and experience with the other parties.<ref name="prof 183" /> However, Israel was forced into updating its own Mirages when France imposed an [[arms embargo]] on the region after the 1967 [[Six-Day War]]. For many years, official military relations did not exist between France and Israel, however, spare components remained available.<ref name="prof 183" /> The result of these troubles was the development of [[Israel Aircraft Industries]]' [[IAI Nesher|Nesher]] fighter, which was based on the Mirage 5. Nevertheless, Mirage IIIB upgrades up to and including a full [[IAI Kfir|Kfir]]-type conversion have also been made available to third parties by IAI.<ref name=AR /><ref>Brindley 1971, pp. 183, 186.</ref>