{"id":32932285,"date":"2026-11-15T16:02:44","date_gmt":"2026-11-15T15:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/dassault-super-mystere-b2-supersonic-fighter-france-israel-sa-ar-honduras\/"},"modified":"2026-11-15T16:03:00","modified_gmt":"2026-11-15T15:03:00","slug":"dassault-super-mystere-b2-supersonic-fighter-france-israel-sa-ar-honduras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/de\/dassault-super-mystere-b2-supersonic-fighter-france-israel-sa-ar-honduras\/","title":{"rendered":"Dassault Super Myst\u00e8re B2: France&rsquo;s First Supersonic Fighter"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\r\n<!-- mfsh:top -->\r\n\r\n<style>\r\n.mfsh-trigger{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:10px;height:44px;padding:0 18px;margin:0 0 26px;border:2px solid 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He flew his swept-wing prototype faster than sound and kept it there in level flight. No dive, no rocket, no help from gravity.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>It was only the aircraft&rsquo;s second day in the air. The Super Myst\u00e8re B1 had made its first flight the day before, and by breaking the sound barrier in level flight it made a point that mattered enormously in post-war France: Western Europe could now build a supersonic fighter of its own.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The production version, the Super Myst\u00e8re B2, went on to serve France for almost two decades, fight two wars for Israel, receive an American engine and finish its career defending Honduras in the 1990s. Not bad for the last of a family that started with the straight-winged Ouragan.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f4f6f9;border:1px solid #e2e7ee;padding:18px 22px;margin:22px 0 26px\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:700;color:#0d1117\">Quick Facts<\/p><ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:18px\"><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Type:<\/strong> Single-seat supersonic day fighter and fighter-bomber<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Builder:<\/strong> Dassault, France<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>First flight:<\/strong> 2 March 1955 (Super Myst\u00e8re B1 prototype); Mach 1 in level flight the next day<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Engine:<\/strong> SNECMA Atar 101G with afterburner (B2); Pratt &amp; Whitney J52-P8A in the Israeli Sa&rsquo;ar<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Top speed:<\/strong> About Mach 1.12<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Armament:<\/strong> Two 30 mm DEFA cannon, rockets, bombs; Shafrir missiles in Israel<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Production:<\/strong> 178 production B2s delivered 1957 to 1959, per Dassault<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Operators:<\/strong> France (1958 to 1977), Israel (1958 to 1975), Honduras (1976 to 1996)<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">The last of the Myst\u00e8re line<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>Dassault&rsquo;s first jet fighters grew in steps. The <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/dassault-ouragan\/\">Ouragan<\/a> led to the Myst\u00e8re II and then the <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/mystere-iv\/\">Myst\u00e8re IV<\/a>, a fine <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/dassault-mystere-iv-french-transonic-fighter-israel-india-history\/\">transonic fighter<\/a> that could only go supersonic in a dive. The next step needed a new wing and an afterburner.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>In mid-1953, Dassault&rsquo;s design office at Saint-Cloud started work on a thin wing swept at 45 degrees, compared with 41 degrees on the Myst\u00e8re IV. According to Dassault, the new wing and tail were built with a then-novel technique of machining parts from very thick metal sheet, with titanium used for bolts and some mechanical parts. The Myst\u00e8re IV B fuselage was kept and fitted with a Rolls-Royce Avon RA.7 engine with afterburner.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The result went through several names, from Myst\u00e8re XX to Myst\u00e8re IV B1, before settling on Super Myst\u00e8re B1. The privately funded prototype flew on 2 March 1955, and the next day it went supersonic in level flight.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #1565c0;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7\"><div><em>&ldquo;The following day, Paul Boudier broke Mach 1 in level flight. It was the first aircraft in Western Europe to be capable of sustained level flight above Mach 1.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Dassault Aviation<\/strong> &mdash; Company history of the Super Myst\u00e8re B1<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">From Avon to Atar<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>The B1 was meant for export, but customers held back because the French Air Force had not ordered it. What the air force wanted was a home-built engine. The production Super Myst\u00e8re B2, often shortened to SMB2, was fitted with the SNECMA Atar 101G, giving around 44 kN of thrust with afterburner.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>On 29 March 1955, French officials cancelled an order for Myst\u00e8re IV Bs and ordered the Super Myst\u00e8re instead. The B2 prototype flew on 15 May 1956 with G\u00e9rard Muselli at the controls, and Dassault says it broke the sound barrier on that first flight without using its afterburner. The first production aircraft flew at M\u00e9rignac on 26 February 1957.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/11\/super-mystere-b2-12-yf-escadre-12-static-1977.jpg\" alt=\"A camouflaged French Air Force Super Myst\u00e8re B2 coded 12-YF parked on a wet apron at an air show\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">Super Myst\u00e8re B2 12-YF of the 12th Fighter Wing on display in June 1977, the type&rsquo;s final year in French service. Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Dassault_Super_Mystere_B2,_France_-_Air_Force_AN1928980.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steve Fitzgerald \/ Wikimedia Commons, GFDL 1.2<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The order went up and down with the defence budget. In the end 178 production aircraft were delivered between 1957 and 1959, according to Dassault: 154 for the French Air Force and 24 for Israel. Two French aircraft became Super Myst\u00e8re B4 test beds for the more powerful Atar 9 with a 48-degree wing, but the faster <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/mirage-iii\/\">Mirage III<\/a> was already on its way, and the B4 never reached production.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Nineteen years in French service<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>The first SMB2s reached the 10th Fighter Wing at Creil in May 1958, and the type went on to equip three wings, the 5th, 10th and 12th. With a top speed of about Mach 1.12, two 30 mm DEFA cannon and rockets or bombs under the wings, it was a day fighter and fighter-bomber rather than an all-weather interceptor.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The 12th Wing kept it longest. In November 1977, the last SMB2 of Escadron 1\/12 Cambr\u00e9sis made its final flight, closing 19 years of service with the Arm\u00e9e de l&rsquo;Air. About fifteen of the squadron&rsquo;s aircraft went on to the technical school at Rochefort to train mechanics.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/11\/super-mystere-b2-12-zt-memorial-cambrai.jpg\" alt=\"A silver Super Myst\u00e8re B2 coded 12-ZT mounted on a pylon in a climbing attitude near Cambrai\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">Super Myst\u00e8re B2 12-ZT on a pylon near the former Cambrai air base, home of the 12th Fighter Wing, which flew the last French SMB2s. Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Super_Myst%C3%A8re_B2_(12-ZT)_(12803302653).jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotting973 (Guillaume Normand) \/ Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">The Sambad goes to war<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>Israel ordered the Super Myst\u00e8re in 1958, after the Suez campaign had shown the <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-forces\/israeli-air-force\/\">Israeli Air Force<\/a> it needed a faster, longer-legged fighter. Known as the Sambad, from the initials of Super Myst\u00e8re B2, it equipped the reformed 105 &ldquo;Scorpion&rdquo; Squadron, and the first aircraft arrived at Hazor on 4 December 1958, according to the Israeli Air Force&rsquo;s history.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #d32f2f;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7\"><div><em>&ldquo;The Sambad, as the type was known in Israel (acronym of Super Mystere 2B), was not only the IAF&rsquo;s first supersonic fighter but also its first aircraft with an afterburning engine.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Israeli Air Force history<\/strong> &mdash; &ldquo;IAF Aircraft Inventory: Dassault Super Mystere&rdquo;, via the Jewish Virtual Library<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Its early fights with Egyptian <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/mig-17-fresco\/\">MiG-17s<\/a> were frustrating. Several MiGs were damaged but none were shot down until 28 April 1961. The IAF later traced the problem to the DEFA cannon shells, which were fused for delayed detonation against bombers and did too little damage to small jet fighters. By then the Mirage III had taken over the interceptor role, and the Super Myst\u00e8re moved to ground attack in a brown-and-blue camouflage.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>In April 1967 the squadron was reinforced with ex-French aircraft and became the IAF&rsquo;s largest. In the Six-Day War it flew 507 sorties and lost nine aircraft, according to the IAF&rsquo;s history. Israeli pilots liked the type, and in air combat it was considered a fair match for the <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/mig-19-farmer\/\">MiG-19<\/a> flown by its Arab opponents.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0 8px\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wGNzZ5ZnALI\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;font-style:italic;margin:0 0 24px\">Archive footage of Israeli Super Myst\u00e8re Sa&rsquo;ars during the 1973 Yom Kippur War.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Sa&rsquo;ar: the Super Super Myst\u00e8re<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>After France imposed an arms embargo on Israel in 1968, keeping the Atar engines running became a problem. Israeli engineers had an answer in the hangar next door: the Pratt &amp; Whitney J52 that powered the IAF&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/a-4-skyhawk\/\">A-4 Skyhawks<\/a>. The non-afterburning J52-P8A was lighter and more reliable, and needed a longer tailpipe and a reworked rear fuselage.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The first converted aircraft flew on 13 February 1969, and by early 1973 the fleet had been converted. The result was called the Sa&rsquo;ar, Hebrew for &ldquo;storm&rdquo;. In the Yom Kippur War of October 1973, Sa&rsquo;ars flew close-support missions against Syrian and Egyptian forces, and six were lost. The type was retired from 105 Squadron in 1975, making way for the <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-4-phantom-ii\/\">F-4 Phantom II<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/11\/israeli-air-force-super-mystere-096-iaf-museum-hatzerim.jpg\" alt=\"An Israeli Air Force Super Myst\u00e8re numbered 096 in brown and green camouflage at the Israeli Air Force Museum\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">Aircraft 096 in 105 Squadron markings at the Israeli Air Force Museum at Hatzerim. The museum&rsquo;s example is a Sa&rsquo;ar, the J52-engined conversion. Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Super_Mystere_Hatzerim_2901101.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oren Rozen \/ Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Last stand in Honduras<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>The Super Myst\u00e8re had one more career ahead. In 1976, Honduras bought a dozen ex-Israeli airframes with the J52 engine, and more followed later. For a small Central American air force, they were a big step up, and they provided air support during border skirmishes with Sandinista Nicaragua in the 1980s.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0 8px\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Tm5o8NHwVbo\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;font-style:italic;margin:0 0 24px\">A Honduran Air Force Super Myst\u00e8re starting up, one of the last of the type to fly.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Honduran Super Myst\u00e8res flew until 1996, when Northrop <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/northrop-f-5\/\">F-5Es<\/a> replaced them. One went to the Honduras Air Museum. By then the design was more than 40 years old, and the jet that had carried Western Europe into the supersonic age had outlived its French service by almost two decades.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/11\/honduran-air-force-super-mystere-b2-la-ceiba-1988.jpg\" alt=\"Grey Honduran Air Force Super Myst\u00e8re B2 jets parked in a row at Goloson Airport, La Ceiba\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">Honduran Air Force Super Myst\u00e8res at Golos\u00f3n Airport, La Ceiba, in August 1988. Honduras flew the type until 1996. Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Honduran_Dassault_Super_Mysteres_in_1988.JPEG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MSgt Herbert Cintron Jr., U.S. Air Force \/ Wikimedia Commons, public domain<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Today Super Myst\u00e8res survive as gate guardians and museum pieces in France, Israel and Honduras. They were the bridge between Dassault&rsquo;s first jets and the Mirage era, and they marked the moment French fighters stopped needing a dive to break the sound barrier.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><em>Sources: Dassault Aviation (Super Myst\u00e8re history), Israeli Air Force aircraft inventory histories (Super Mystere; Sa&rsquo;ar) via the Jewish Virtual Library, Vintage Aviation News, U.S. Air Force photo records<\/em><\/p>\r\n<!-- mfsh:bottom -->\r\n\r\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"mfsh-trigger mfsh-bottom\" data-mfsh-placement=\"bottom\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><svg><use href=\"#mfsh-i-share\"\/><\/svg>Share this story<\/button>\r\n\r\n<!-- \/mfsh:bottom -->\r\n\r\n<p class=\"mf-photo-credits\" data-no-translation style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;font-style:italic;margin:6px 0 18px\">Header photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Dassault_Super_Mystere_B2,_France_-_Air_Force_AN1192418.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mike Freer - Touchdown-aviation \/ Wikimedia Commons, GFDL 1.2<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<style>.mfq{margin:34px 0 8px}.mfq h2{font:26px\/1.3 \"Gilroy semiBold\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#0d1117;padding-top:22px;margin:0 0 6px}.mfq .qa details{border-top:1px solid #5C91FF;margin:0;padding:0}.mfq .qa details:last-of-type{border-bottom:1px solid #e2e7ee}.mfq .qa summary{cursor:pointer;list-style:none;display:flex;justify-content:space-between;align-items:center;gap:16px;padding:22px 26px;font:18px\/1.7 \"Gilroy semiBold\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#0d1117}.mfq .qa summary::-webkit-details-marker{display:none}.mfq .qa summary::after{content:\"+\";font:24px Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#3568e0;flex:0 0 auto}.mfq .qa details[open] summary::after{content:\"\\2013\"}.mfq .qa details:hover summary{color:#3568e0}.mfq .qa .a{font:16px\/1.7 \"Gilroy regular\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#454e5e;padding:0 26px 24px}.mfq .qa .a a{color:#3568e0}@media(max-width:680px){.mfq .qa summary{padding:18px 14px;font-size:17px}.mfq .qa .a{padding:0 14px 20px}}<\/style>\r\n\r\n\r\n<section class=\"mfq\"><h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2><div class=\"qa\"><details open><summary>What was the Dassault Super Myst\u00e8re?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">The Dassault Super Myst\u00e8re was a French single-seat supersonic fighter-bomber, the last development of the Ouragan and Myst\u00e8re line. The B1 prototype first flew on 2 March 1955 and broke Mach 1 in level flight the next day. The production Super Myst\u00e8re B2 served with France, Israel and Honduras.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>Was the Super Myst\u00e8re the first supersonic fighter in Western Europe?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Yes. According to Dassault, the Super Myst\u00e8re B1 was the first aircraft in Western Europe capable of sustained level flight above Mach 1, a feat test pilot Paul Boudier achieved on 3 March 1955. The production Super Myst\u00e8re B2 was the first Western European supersonic aircraft to enter mass production.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>How many Super Myst\u00e8re B2s were built?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Dassault says 178 production Super Myst\u00e8re B2s were delivered between 1957 and 1959, 154 for the French Air Force and 24 for Israel. Two French aircraft were set aside as Super Myst\u00e8re B4 test beds for the Atar 9 engine, but the B4 never entered production.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>When did France retire the Super Myst\u00e8re B2?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">The Super Myst\u00e8re B2 entered French Air Force service in May 1958 and equipped the 5th, 10th and 12th Fighter Wings. The last aircraft of Escadron 1\/12 Cambr\u00e9sis made its final flight in November 1977, ending 19 years of French service. Many then went to the technical school at Rochefort.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>What was the IAI Sa&rsquo;ar?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">The Sa&rsquo;ar, Hebrew for storm, was Israel&rsquo;s re-engined Super Myst\u00e8re. After the 1968 French arms embargo, Israel replaced the Atar with the non-afterburning Pratt &amp; Whitney J52-P8A from its A-4 Skyhawks. The first conversion flew on 13 February 1969, and the aircraft fought in the 1973 Yom Kippur War.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>Did Honduras fly the Super Myst\u00e8re?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Yes. Honduras bought a dozen ex-Israeli Super Myst\u00e8res with J52 engines in 1976 and added more later. They provided air support during border skirmishes with Sandinista Nicaragua and served until 1996, when Northrop F-5Es replaced them. One went to the Honduras Air Museum.<\/div><\/details><\/div><\/section>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"FAQPage\",\"mainEntity\":[{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"What was the Dassault Super Myst\u00e8re?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"The Dassault Super Myst\u00e8re was a French single-seat supersonic fighter-bomber, the last development of the Ouragan and Myst\u00e8re line. 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