Upgrade plan (head-up display, ALE-40 decoy launchers, AIM-9L/AGM-65G capability, two extra hardpoints) cancelled in 1991. Withdrawn from service in October 1992. Some survivors (15 IIIEE and 5 IIIDE) were used as part of the payment for the Mirage F1M upgrade and later sold to Pakistan. Switzerland Swiss Air Force Fliegerstaffel 3, 1992-2001 Fliegerstaffel 4, 1992-2000 Fliegerstaffel 10, 1968-2003 Fliegerstaffel 16, 1967-1999 Fliegerstaffel 17, 1967-1997 Most built locally, many upgraded with canards, optics etc. Withdrawn from service in 2003. One Mirage IIIDS (J-2012, civilian immatriculation HB-RDF) still flies for civilian passengers. Total number of aircraft delivered: 1S: 1 IIICS + 36 IIIS 2S: 3 IIIBS + 2 IIIDS PR: 18 IIIRS Venezuela Venezuelan Air Force 1S: 7 IIIEV (2 modernized to Mirage 50EV standards) + 6 5V (2 modernized to Mirage 50EV and 1 to Mirage 50DV standards) + 9 50EV (6 new-build and 3 modified ex-Zairian Mirage 5M) 2S: 3 5DV (1 modernized to Mirage 50DV standards) + 1 50DV (new-build) All of the surviving Mirage III/5s were modernized into Mirage 50s. The last Mirage 50s were retired from service in November 2009. Six of them were donated to Ecuador. Zaire Zairean Air Force 1S: 14 5M (only 11 delivered) 2S: 3 5DM (former IIIBE, all delivered) The three undelivered Mirage 5Ms were bought back by Dassault in 1979. Four more followed in 1983. Of these, one became the first Egyptian Mirage 5E2, two were transformed into Mirage 5G2s for Gabon, three were rebuilt into Mirage 50EVs for Venezuela, and one served as a source of spares at Dassault's Biarritz facility. In 1989, the six last surviving aircraft were brought back to France. Of these, two Mirage 5DMs were sold to Brazil in 1996, and four Mirage 5Ms went to Egypt in 2006. See also Dassault Mirage III Dassault Mirage 5 References Bibliography 1950s French fighter aircraft Mirage III