The Dassault Mirage III (French pronunciation: ​[miʁaʒ]) is a family of single-seat, single-engine, fighter aircraft produced by Dassault Aviation for the French Air Force and widely exported. Prominent operators included Australia, Argentina, South Africa andIsrael, as well as a number of nonaligned nations.^[1] Though an older design, thesecond generation fighter is still a fairly maneuverable aircraft and an effective opponent in close range dogfighting.^[2] In French service it was armed with air-to-ground ordnance or R.550 Magic air-to-air missiles.