The Mirage2000:Operations and Operators

   The Peruvian Version:Mirage2000P(above)
  Hellenic HellenicHAF: Mirage2000EG(above)
  The IAF version: Mirage:2000H(Vajra)
 The Mirage2000 Operators(above)

KNOWN COMBAT RECORD
Iraq - Operation Desert Storm (France, 1991)
Afghanistan - Operation Enduring Freedom (France, 2001-present)

French Mirage 2000s saw operational use during the Gulf War although little combat action. UAE Mirages also flew in the Gulf War, but saw little or no action.

French Mirage 2000s were prominent participants in U.N. and NATO air operations over the former Yugoslavia, with one aircraft shot down over Bosnia by a heat-seeking surface-to-air missile in 1996, prompting efforts to obtain improved defensive systems.

AdA Mirage 2000Ds served in the intervention in Afghanistan in 2001-2002, operating in close conjunction with international forces and performing precision attacks with LGBs.

Kargil war, 1999:India has assigned the nuclear strike role to their Mirage 2000s. In 1999 when the Kargil conflict broke out, as all the Russian aircraft in the IAF (MiG-21, MiG-23, MiG-27) were having problems operating at high altitudes or were vulnerable to enemy MANPAD*s, the Mirage 2000 proved ideal for high altitude bombing.The Mirage 2000 performed well during the whole conflict, even though the Mirages supplied to India had limited air interdiction capability and had to be heavily modified to drop dumb and laser-guided bombs.The two Mirage squadrons flew a total of 515 sorties, and in 240 strike missions dropped 55,000 kg of ordnance. Easy maintenance and a very high sortie rate (compared to the Russian fighters in service with the IAF) made the Mirage 2000 the most efficient fighter of the Indian Air Force in the conflict.
[Man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS) are shoulder-launched surface-to-air missiles. They typically use infra-red guidance and can be a threat to low-flying aircraft and helicopters]

The Operators:
France (380)

Abu Dhabi (36):Abu Dhabi ordered 18 aircraft on 16 May 1983 and took up 18 options in 1985 for a total of 22 2000EADs, eight 2000RADs and six 2000DADs, these to Standard AD8

Egypt (20):Egypt ordered 16 2000EMs and four BMs in December 1981. Deliveries 30 June 1986 to January 1988. The aircraft were based at Beni Suef with 82 Squadron in interceptor role

Greece (55):Greece ordered 2000EGs and 2000BGs . These were handed over for 331 `Aegeas' and 332 `Geraki' Mire Pandos Kairou within 114 Pterix Mahis at Tanagra.. Further 15 Mirage 2000-5 Mk 2s interrest confirmed and formally ordered , together with an upgrade to this standard of 10 earlier aircraft by HAI. An option was held on a further three new [edit]
aircraft and five upgrades.

India (69):India first ordered 36 2000Hs and 4 THs: 26 Hs and four THs temporarily powered by M53-5, and the final 10 by M53-P2 from the outset. No# 7 IAF Squadron `Battle Axe' was formed at Gwalior AB 29 June 1985, coincident with the first arrivals in India. Named Vajra(Divine Thunder) in the Indian Air Force.Later 10 2000Hs and 9 2000THs were acquired by the IAF. By 1993 the IAF aircraft were appearing in an experimental brown-and-green low-level colour scheme, with Spirale chaff dispensers. By 1998, 38 remaining 2000Hs had been upgraded by HAL at Bangalore with local flare dispensers and were preparing for receipt of LGBs.

Jordan

Peru (12):Peru ordered 24 2000Ps and two 2000DPs, but later reduced this to 10 2000Ps and two 2000DPs.

Qatar (12):Qatar ordered 12 Mirage 2000-5s under the `Falcon' contract on 31 July 1994, together with MICA and Magic 2 AAMs. Qatari versions are 2000-5EDA (nine, single-seat) and 2000-5DDA (three, two-seat)

Taiwan (60):Taiwan ordered 60 Mirage 2000-5s with M53-P2 power plants on 18 November 1992

United Arab Emirates (30)

Brazil(12)