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X-Plane 9.70+ Giora's Mirage IIIC v1.3. The Mirage III is a supersonic fighter aircraft designed by Dassault Aviation during the mid-1950. The first major production model of the Mirage series, the Mirage IIIC, first flew in October 1960. Colonel Giora "Hawkeye" Epstein is credited with 17 kills, 16 against Egyptian jets, making Epstein the "ace of aces" of modern, supersonic fighter jets. During 1973's Yom Kippur War, between October 18 and 20, 1973, he downed an Mi-8 helicopter and eight jets: two Sukhoi-7s, two Sukhoi-20s and four MiG 21s. Then, on October 24, 1973, Epstein downed three more MiG-21s. Eight of these victories were with the French-built Mirage III. By Ron Norvelle.