page_title: Project ROSE
section_title: Mirage 5F ROSE II
hierarchical_section_title: Project ROSE / History / Mirage 5F ROSE II
caption_attribution_description: English: Several fighter aircraft of the Pakistan Air Force at a Pakistani airbase during flying operations. A JF-17 multi-role fighter stands near a runway. Behind it, two Dassault Mirage 5 fighters are parked with their canopies raised.
context_page_description: Project ROSE, was a program initiated by the Pakistan Air Force Pakistan Aeronautical Complex for the upgrades of the military avionics and electronics system of its aging Mirage III fighter jets, which had been built in either France or in Australia. The program focused on modernization of military avionics and on-board computer system of Mirage IIIE and the Mirage 5 supplied by Pakistani Margella Electronics, French SAGEM and the Italian SELEX consortiums, as part of the program.
  Conceived in 1992 by the Pakistan Air Force, the program started in 1995 on main considerations of retiring the A–5 Fantan from active service. The Pakistan Air Force which already was operating Dassalt Mirage-3s and Dassalt Mirage-5s began its procurement of second-hand Mirage fighters from Australia, Lebanon, Libya, and Spain at the price range within the MoD's fund. Over 90% of the aircraft were retrofitted at the Aeronautical Complex in Kamra; few were upgraded in France. From 1996–2000, several Mirage IIIE and Mirage 5 were bought from the other countries and were upgraded under this program at the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex.
context_section_description: Around 40 surplus fully overhauled Mirage 5F/DF(34 single and 6 dual seat) from the French Air Force were undergoing delivery to the PAF in February 1999, around 20 of which were upgraded with enhanced night-time surface strike capability.
  ROSE II fighters were similar to ROSE I except they were fitted with a new SAGEM Forward-Looking Infra-Red (FLIR) & targeting system in place of Grifo M3 radar. The FLIR & targeting system mounted in a pod under the nose. This gave ROSE II fighters the capability to fly safely in the dark at very low level to avoid radar and deliver weapons with precision.)
  Systems fitted by SAGEM included parts of the MAESTRO (Modular Avionics Enhancements System Te,) containing a forward-looking infra-red (FLIR) thermal imaging sensor and laser range-finder. An integrated electronic warfare suite and single-point pressure refueling system were also installed. Delivery of the last aircraft was scheduled for mid-1999.
caption: The Mirage–5 with a  CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder in a PAF Base, c. 2006.
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