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In Texan service the Mirage F1 could be called the “Bonfire” in honour of the Aggie tradition and the wide nozzle of the jet (in SAAF service it was called the Vlamgat, Afrikaans for “flame hole”).
Texan pilots could have lots of mission marks and kills from service in the Texian Air Legion in the South African Border War of the 1980s. Texas like South Africa being an international pariah at that time because of their racial segregation laws.
The pilot of this aircraft could be the unit CO; Wing Commander George W. Bush the son of Texan President George H.W. Bush.
That's kinda funny. A friend of mine wrote his dissertation on comparative ranching practices between Texas and Australia. I think that he said a few of the ranch heads actually left Texas and set up down there. That punk actually spent a year down there drinking and hanging out in archives! bah. LOL
There’s a town in Queensland called Texas because it was formed by land owners “seceding” from a larger estate in 1836 so they thought they’d honour Texan independence from Mexico with a new name and of course it was a pretty funny joke.