page_title: List of Dassault Mirage III operators
section_title:  South Africa
hierarchical_section_title: List of Dassault Mirage III operators / Operators /  South Africa
caption_attribution_description: Description: Dassault Mirage III at the South African Air Force Museum in Swartkop AFB, Pretoria.
context_page_description: This is a list of Dassault Mirage IIIs, Dassault Mirage 5s, and Mirage 50s used by national air forces. The Central Intelligence Agency once estimated that a little over 800 of the three aircraft types had been exported to various countries around the world.
  This is an approximate list. The key "1S" indicates a single-seat Mirage fighter, while "2S" indicates a two-seat Mirage, and "PR" indicates a photoreconnaissance aircraft.
context_section_description: South African Air Force
  No. 2 Squadron SAAF
  1S: 16 IIICZ + 17 IIIEZ
  2S:  3 IIIBZ +  3 IIIDZ + 11 IIID2Z
  PR:  4 IIIRZ +  4 IIIR2Z
  All out of service, some having been upgraded to Cheetah standard.  There were about 16 Cheetah E conversions (all out of service); 38 Cheetah C conversions; 16 Cheetah D conversions; and one Cheetah R conversion (scrapped).
  Some Cheetahs E were sold to Chile for use as spare parts for Panteras.
caption: South African IIICZ.
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