Since entering production in 1975, the type has been in continuous production for more than 40 years.
Retrieved: 17 May 2008,* [http://www.lw.admin.ch/internet/luftwaffe/de/home/themen/history/mittelaus.html] Official Page of the Swiss Air Force in German (more detailed than English version)* Mirage III fighter jet family, AirForceWorld.com