Dassault Mirage 2000

United Arab Emirates

UAE purchased 22 single-seat Mirage 2000EAD; eight unique single-seat reconnaissance variants designated Mirage 2000RAD; and 6 Mirage 2000DAD trainers.

The order specified an Italian-made defensive avionics suite that delayed delivery of the first of these aircraft until 1989.

Some years later UAE ordered 20 single-seaters Mirage 2000-9 and 12 two-seaters 2000-9D.

These were equipped with a classified countermeasures system designated IMEWS. Initial deliveries of the UAE Mirages were in the spring of 2003. 30 of the older Mirage 2000EADs were also upgraded to Mirage 2000-9 capability.

The UAE Mirage 2000-9s use the Shehab laser targeting pod and the Nahar navigation pod, complementing the air-to-ground modes of the RDY-2 radar.

The UAE is also obtaining the Black Shahine cruise missile, a variant of the APACHE.

All 30 survivors of this first batch have been extensively refurbished and upgraded, bringing them to the same standard as Mirage 2000-9.

United Arab Emirates Mirage 2000s flew in the Gulf War of 1991, but saw little action.

Six Mirage 2000s were to participate in the enforcement of the no-fly zone over Libya.

Currently, the UAE is closer to order new Rafale strike fighters to equip its air force, and it has been reported that one of the requirements is that Dassault should buy back them or find a buyer for its Mirage 2000-9 fleet.

Brazil

In July 2005, the Government of Brazil agreed to purchase 12 ex-French Air Force Mirage 2000 aircraft (ten "C" and two "B" versions) to replace the aging Mirage IIIBR.

Deliveries began in September 2006 and concluded in 27 August 2008 with the delivery of the last 2 aircraft.

They operate with 1º Grupo de Defesa Aérea (1º GDA – 1st Air Defence Group), primarily in the air defence role and it is equipped with Matra Super 530D and Matra Magic 2.

Maintenance contract to end on 26 December 2013.