#CHEETAH 3D VIEW SIMULATOR#
The privately-owned company Draken International intends to use the Cheetah as an adversarial aircraft for combat training services in the United States.Ĭockpit of the Cheetah D flight simulator Some have been exported, such as to the Ecuadorian Air Force (EAF) as a source of spare parts. Since its retirement by the SAAF, a limited number have still operated in South Africa as flight test aircraft. A single Cheetah R, intended for aerial reconnaissance, was built as a prototype, but this variant never entered service.ĭuring 1992, the Cheetah E model was withdrawn from SAAF service both the Cheetah Cs and Cheetah Ds were retired during April 2008, having been being replaced by the Swedish-built Saab Gripen. All three models were inducted into the SAAF, functioning for a time as the service's most capable fighter and strike aircraft.
#CHEETAH 3D VIEW UPGRADE#
The upgrade programme, which was known as Project Cushion, produced three variants the two-seat Cheetah D, the single-seat Cheetah E, and the single-seat Cheetah C. The programme integrated technology from the Israeli-built IAI Kfir, which had been derived from the Mirage 5/ IAI Nesher. The Cheetah was developed amid the Border War of the 1980s as a major upgrade of the French-built Dassault Mirage III fleet operated by the SAAF. It was developed at the behest of, and principally operated by, the South African Air Force (SAAF). The Atlas Cheetah is a South African fighter aircraft designed and produced by the aviation company Atlas Aircraft Corporation (later Denel Aeronautics).
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