description: 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 24 October 1958. This is the interceptor variant. introduced: 1961 manufacturer: Dassault origin: France price: 12 role: Interceptor max_range: 150 gunfighter: true variants: Mirage IIIB/C: {} tasks: BARCAP: 210 Escort: 210 Fighter sweep: 210 Intercept: 210 TARCAP: 210