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The Mk. IIIs were only three years old when supplanted by the Mk. IV in RCAF service, and the
Chilean Air Force happily purchased 30 ex-RCAF Mk. IIIs in 1955, ushering them into the jet age. The Canucks remained in service in Chile until 1969.
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Another Latin American country to buy second-hand Mk. IIIs was the
Dominican Air Force who took 22, also in 1955. This was the island nation's first fighter jet, and the FAD operated them until 1972.
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The
Indian Air Force purchased 50 new Canuck Mk. IIIs from Avro, along with a licence to manufacture them; they were designated "Kirpan" in IAF service. The 50 Canadian-built aircraft were operated by the IAF until 1964, and were replaced by a HAL-designed derivative.
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Canada supplied the Kuomintang government on Taiwan with 58 new Canuck Mk. IIIs in 1953, which the
Republic of China Air Force operated as front-line interceptors until 1956, when they began to be replaced by Mk. Vs; the Mk. IIIs remained in service with reserve squadrons until 1972.
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The
Royal Air Force purchased a small number of new Mk. IIIs from Avro Canada. The only front-line squadron to operate them was 5 Sqn, and they remained in service only 4 years before being withdrawn and returned to Canada. Several of the ex-RAF Clunks found new life with the RCAF as CEF-100s.