The Super Mystère Aircraft Collection
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Reflecting ground and taxiway concrete produced deforming warmth vapours at noon hours in this early day of Augut but I could not resist to take a few pictures through the wire-netting preventing access to the sensible territory of the BA 102 Dijon-Longvic base housing the three Squadrons of 2nd Fighter Wing. Here, coming-back from a sortie, Mirage III E 2-LB, C/n 403, belongs to EC 3/2 'Alsace' Squadron.
Summer 1972, this third production Mirage III E had already been used by CEV for tests, by 4th FW as 4-AA and by 2nd FW as 2-EN...