South Africa has been an important client of Mirage III from 1963. The all-embracing embargo of ammunition imposed in 1977, about prevented him to access added huntings but modern, by such acumen it was absitively to advance to the best the capability of his Mirage.
The aftereffect was the development of the Cheetah program, that began in 1986 July, and gave like aftereffect a avant-garde adaptation of the Cheetah two-seater. The transformations were activated to the single-seater Mirage IIIE and to Mirage R2Z of recognition.
AIRCRAFT VARIANTS:
Cheetah C: a added advancement of the single-seat Cheetahs; a fresh "Advanced Combat Wing" architecture for achievement improvements; with a fresh EL/M-2035 alarm and a fresh engine.
Cheetah D: two-seated trainer; about-face of the Mirage III-BZ, DZ and D2Z; best assembly and added aerial equipment; with a SNECMA Atar 9K-50 engine.
Cheetah E: single-seat interceptor/fighter bomber; about-face of the Mirage III-EZ; retains the aboriginal agent from the Mirage III; mostly retired or adapted to C standard.
Cheetah R: assay fighter version; retains the recce configurations from the Mirage III-RZ and R2Z.
Technical Specifications:
Origin: South Africa
Type: one/two-seat action and training aircraft
Max Speed: 2337 km/h 1,452 mph
Max Range: N/A
Dimensions: amount 8.22 m/26 ft 11.6 in) breadth 15.40 m/50 ft 6.3 in acme 4.25 m/13 ft 11.3 in 11.3 in)
Weight: N/A
Powerplant: one7200-kg (15,873-lb) afterburning advance SNECMA Afar 9K-50 turbojet
Armament: One 30 mm DEFA cannon; V3B Kukri, V3C Darter, Python and Shafrir action AAMs; AS.30 ASMs; bombs; rockets
Operators: South Africa
