Greece gets two of there new Mirage 2000-5

[tigershark]

I found this it's from April 2007
I think it's two out of fifteen aircraft ordered.

The first two arrived Thursday afternoon 3/5/07 at 114 PM Tanagra, SN. <506> <507>.
Deliveries are scheduled finish in November 07.

[Vord]

I know this is old news but I just wanted to mention the fact that this is not very good news for Turkey... At least until we bring more F-16s to CCIP config or receive our first batch of F-35s.

In any case, Aegean Sea will be one of the 'best' air battle locations in the world. It's a tactical nightmare for both Turks and Greeks.

[tigershark]

Hi Vord
The Mirage 2000-5 mk2 is a very capable fighter but from I read If you can get past the first pass the Viper does better in longer turns keeps its power and speed up better.

I think Greece got the very last Mirage 2000-5s off the French production lines I think their upgrades were the last. 

Some don't agree with me but I think the F-35 is going much better them people realize and in the long run give Turkey an edge, which I hope they never have to use.

Vord does Turkey's government/military see Iran as a threat?  I always wondered since Turkey and the United States are close that Iran might hold that against Turkey?  Do you share an open border with Iran or not really?

Thanks

[Eldorado82]

Mirage is indeed a great machine enlisted lots of pages of history in IAF and other AF's over the world

[tigershark]

No single user got more out their Mirage IIIs then the Israeli AF did.  France's aircraft sales totally benefited by the Israeli's use of this classic fighter.

[Eldorado82]

thanks Tigershark.nice to hear such a nice words toward Israel. besides using whatever we could from the original Mirages, some aircrafts were built onto Mirages basis, like Technolog plane- plabe was using for test flight and experiments,  Kfir, Nesher, they were all look like Mirage