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Erik Hi - the main glory hour of the IAF Mirage IIIC was in the six day war in 1967.
In the capable hands of the Israeli pilots the Mirages shut down many mig 21 , 19 ,17. This huge success gave Marcel Dassault the push to sell some 2000 Mirages all over the world.
In the Yom Kippur war the original mirages IIIC force was dwindled much and was rienforced
by 40 Nesher fighter which was the Israeli mirage built version. Again in Yom Kippur many mig 21 , 17 and SU-7 were shut down by mirages although the IAF F-4E Phantoms scored many mig kills as well during the 17 days of fighting.
Yair
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