11/30/2011. The first West European aircraft capable of exceeding Mach 1 in level flight to attain quantity production status, the Super-Mystère shared only a common design origin with the Mystère fighter series, being an entirely new type. The first prototype, designated Super-Mystère B1 and powered by a Rolls-Royce Avon RA 7R with an afterburning thrust of 9,546 lb (4,330 kg), was flown on March 2, 1955, and the first of five SNECMA Atar-powered pre-production Super-Mystère B-2s followed on May 15, 1956.

Production was ordered for the Armee de l'Air, the first series Super-Mystère B-2 flying on February 26, 1957, and a total of 180 being built of which 36 were procured by Israel in 1958. The Super-Mystère B-2 was powered by an Atar 101G-2 or 101G-3 of 7,400 lb (3,375 kg) dry thrust and 9,833 lb (4,460 kg) with maximum afterburning. Armament consisted of two 1.18 in (30 mm) cannon and 35 internally-housed 2.68 in (68 mm) rockets (the latter being discarded at an early service stage), external loads including two Sidewinder AAMs, two 882-1,102 lb (400-500kg bombs or rocket pods.

Two examples were completed as Super-Mystère B4s in 1958, these having Atar 9B engines rated at 13,228 lb (6,000 kg) with afterburning. During Israeli service, the Super-Mystère B-2s were re-engined with a non-afterburning Pratt & Whitney J52-P-8A turbojet of 9,300 lb (4,218 kg). In 1977, 18 of these aircraft were sold by Israel to Honduras where the last surviving examples were withdrawn from service in 1989.