There’s was a very good article about the ACF in “le fana de l’aviation” of July 2004. The prototype of the ACF was 80% finished in december 1975 and had to fly in july, 1976. But it was scrapped 🙁 🙁 .
It had two M53-2 engines (8500 kg of thrust each) the same were adpoted on the Mirage 2000 which replaced the ACF. The Mirage 2000 was requested on 18th december 1975, the same day the ACF program was scrapped.
If you are interested by this airplane, I made a scanner of the pictures of the magazine. I also have the caracteristics…
If someone explain me how to put pictures here !!!! 😡 😡

So…

If there’s any australian here who have details about this project please tell me more!! I desesperately googled the net but i found very little about the CA-23. 🙂

Yes. Great Britain have 7 AWACS and France, 4. (thanks for the “if any”…)
More surprisingly, Saudi Arabia also have 7 AWACS. none is downgraded…
I think NATO, French, and British AWACS are currently upgraded to the same standard…

Mirage G8 models

Yes the Mig-23 looks like a Mirage G and they flew the same year, in 1967!

I’m trying to make a Mirage G8 model , using a Mig 23 as a basis. I use two exhausts from a Mirage IV (the Heller model).
Some years ago I created an ACF using a Heller Mirage F1CR as a basis.
Heller is interesting because they send model spares for free! I also Made a Mirage 4000 model and baught Heller Rafale A and Mirage IV A. My aim is to have all Twin-engined dassault fighter-bomber…