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Apr 26, 2011 16:03 | #1

These guys were out enforcing the No Fly Zone over Libya when one of them developed serious hydraulic issues and requested an emergency landing in Malta.

After a fuel dump, his wingman followed. The damaged Mirage is still over here undergoing repairs. It had to stop on the taxiway such was the seriousness of the situation - hydraulic failure - and made a spectacular landing deploying the drag chute.

Here's some shots of the working Mirage.

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Apr 26, 2011 22:16 | #2

Good series.

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Apr 27, 2011 09:38 | #3

Nice work. What happened to the defected Mirages?

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Apr 27, 2011 12:08 | #4

Still over here, in storage but hidden from public view. They had actually already sent an aircraft with engineers and pilots a few days after they landed and were ready to snatch them back but were denied landing clearance.

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Apr 27, 2011 12:14 | #5

Brutal. Love the shot of it taking off.

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Apr 27, 2011 18:39 | #6

Awesome looking plane Great Shots.

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Apr 29, 2011 23:41 | #9

are those bullet holes under the cockpit?

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Apr 30, 2011 01:15 | #10

Those are some great shots you got!

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Apr 30, 2011 02:28 | #11

Great shots

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Apr 30, 2011 06:09 | #12

cool series! really like the shot of it on take-off.

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Apr 30, 2011 10:18 | #13

viktor061 wrote in post #12320137

are those bullet holes under the cockpit?

They certainly look like they are ...............

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Apr 30, 2011 16:48 | #14

Thankfully they are not bullet holes.
Not sure what they do, but this one also has the very same holes.
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But it's weird flying them out in a combat zone with only one missile, even if the air threat is all but naturalized.

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Apr 30, 2011 17:45 | #15

Nmcgrew wrote in post #12306218

Hmmm, only one missle...

who is to say the other wasn't fired

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