IAI Dagger

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combat aircraft fighter-bomber

The IAI Dagger is an Israeli-built, export variant of the Mirage 5 fighter-bomber that served as a key combat aircraft for Argentina, notably during the Falklands War.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
IAI Dagger canonical 1
IAI Nesher 1
Mirage family of fighters 1

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf combat aircraft ⓘ
fighter-bomber ⓘ
airForceDesignation C-412 series (individual aircraft codes) ⓘ
airframeDerivedFrom Dassault Mirage III ⓘ
armamentCapability air-to-air missiles ⓘ
air-to-ground bombs ⓘ
internal cannon ⓘ
unguided rockets ⓘ
basedOn Dassault Mirage 5 ⓘ
configuration single-seat ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Israel ⓘ
designedFor export customers ⓘ
engineType SNECMA Atar 8K-50 ⓘ
surface form: SNECMA Atar turbojet
enteredServicePeriod late 1970s ⓘ
enteredServiceWith Argentine Air Force ⓘ
exportVariantOf Mirage 5 ⓘ
manufacturer Israel Aerospace Industries ⓘ
nationalDesignationInArgentina Dagger A ⓘ
Dagger B ⓘ
Dagger C ⓘ
operatedBySquadron Argentine Air Force ⓘ
surface form: Grupo 6 de Caza (Argentine Air Force)

Argentine Air Force ⓘ
surface form: Grupo 8 de Caza (Argentine Air Force)
operatedFrom mainland Argentine air bases ⓘ
primaryMissionDuringFalklandsWar low-level attack on British naval forces ⓘ
primaryUser Argentine Air Force ⓘ
propulsion single turbojet engine ⓘ
role fighter aircraft ⓘ
ground-attack aircraft ⓘ
strike aircraft ⓘ
sawIntensiveCombatIn 1982 ⓘ
typeDesignation Dagger ⓘ
usedBy Argentine Air Force ⓘ
usedInConflict Falklands War ⓘ
Falklands War ⓘ
surface form: Guerra de las Malvinas
wingConfiguration delta wing ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Argentine Air Force → usedAircraft → IAI Dagger ⓘ
Dassault Aviation → notableWork → IAI Dagger ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mirage family of fighters
DEFA 30 mm cannon family → mountingPlatform → IAI Dagger ⓘ
this entity surface form: IAI Nesher