Air International 2022-04
B.Taghvaee - New substance for the Mirage
673, one of four Mirage 2000D test aircraft of DGA-EV can be seen equipped with a TALIOS pod departing the Bordeaux for a test flight on December 13, 2021. A total of six test flights with the TALIOS pod was performed by this aircraft in December
On December 14, 2021, Mirage 2000D with 673 of DGA-EV tested the new centreline external fuel tank which will be carried by the Mirage 2000D RMVs. The new tank has chaff/flare dispensers installed under which are painted in red colour
369 is a Mirage 2000N-K3 test aircraft of the DGA-EV. This aircraft was used for testing new weapons that were used by Mirage 2000Ds of the French Air Force in the 2000s. It is now in DGA-EV's facility in Istres air base and is not involved in the testing of new components of the Mirage 20000 RMVs
639/3-JJ is the first Mirage 2000D of the French Air and Space Force which was upgraded by the Dassault-Aviation in 2020. It is now in use by the ECE 1/30 in BA118 Mont-de-Marsan. Here it can be seen after a test flight while it had captive training MICA NG IR-Guided air-to-air missile and an ATLIS II targeting pod loaded
654/30-ID has been in service of the ECE 1/30 for a long time as a test aircraft used by the CAEM. Here it can be seen returning BA118 Mont-de-Marsan after a test flight on May 20, 2021
Mirage 2000B of DGA-EV with 501 serial number departing the Bordeaux airport for a test flight on December 13, 2021
Primary role of this Mirage 2000B of DGA-EV with 501 serial number is to test new avionics of Rafale F4 fighter jet however it has a secondary role of testing a new central external tank of Mirage 2000D RMV
622 and 639, two Mirage 2000D RMVs of the French Air and Space Force on deployment at Djibouti during the test campaign between July 1 and 20, 2021. They can be seen armed with MICA-NG missiles and also GBU-48, GBU-50 LGBs as well as CC422 gun pod
Aircraft 676 was one of the first Mirage 2000Ds of DGA-EV to be equipped with new components and systems of Mirage 2000D RMV. Here it can be seen armed with MICA-NG missiles during Paris Airshow in 2019