Malta seems to be the preferred destination for Mirage F1s. A pair of Armee de l'Air Mirage F1CRs have made an emergency landing in Malta after one of them encountered a hydraulic emergency after a mission over Libya. Both appear to be Mirage F1CRs with at least one aircraft configured for a reconnaissance mission.
This follows another pair of Armee de l'Air Mirage F1CRs landing in Malta after one of them ran low on fuel earlier in the week. And of course, soon after Libya's rebellion began in February, a pair of armed Libyan Mirage F1EQs arrived in Malta with two defecting pilots who have since requested asylum.
UPDATE: The pilot of the Mirage with hydraulic problems was reportedly ten minutes away from ejecting from the aircraft.
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