Dassault Mirage IIICJ – First Shahak kill, Serial 59, Yoram Agmon, 101 Sqn Israeli Air Force 1966

Hobbymaster 1/72 scale HA9801: Dassault Mirage IIICJ “First Shahak kill” Serial 59 Flown by Yoram Agmon, 101 Squadron Israeli Air Force, Hatzor Air Base, July 1966. Production run of 1,200 models

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Shahak 59 of 101 Squadron, was the highest scoring Shahak in Israeli service (with a total of 13 kills). It was the first Shahak to score a kill when Yoran Agmon shot down a Syrian MiG-21 in July 1966. Several pilots have scored kills while flying Shahak 59; among them Oded Marom, Israel Baharav and IAFs top ace Giora Epstein.
Designed to meet a French government specification for a lightweight, all-weather interceptor, the Dassault Mirage III was first flown on November 17, 1956. This supersonic aircraft has a tailless delta wing configuration and is capable of high speeds (a Mirage IIIA was the first European aircraft to exceed Mach 2 in level flight). It has a provision for a SEPR liquid-fuel rocket engine, which provides additional burst thrust. In production for over a decade, the Mirage III is considered one of Europe’s most successful military aircraft designs, serving 20 different nations, some of whom still fly it today.

The Dassault Mirage III is a family of single/dual-seat, single-engine, fighter aircraft developed and manufactured by French aircraft company Dassault Aviation. It was the first Western European combat aircraft to exceed Mach 2 in horizontal flight, a feat which was achieved on 24th October 1958.