List of aircraft of the Israeli Air Force:
Fixed wing combat types[]
Designation | Year | Year | Hebrew designation |
---|---|---|---|
Avia S-199 | 1948 | 1950 | Sakin (Knife) סכין |
Boeing B-17 | 1948 | 1958 | |
Boeing F-15I | 1998 | - | Ra'am (Thunder) רעם |
Bristol Beaufighter | 1948 | ? | |
Canadair F-86 Sabre | -[1] | -[1] | |
Dassault Mirage IIIC | 1962 | 1986 | Shahak (Sky) שחק |
France Dassault Mirage V | ordered 1966\7 not delivered | ||
Dassault Mystère IV | 1955 | 1971 | |
Dassault Ouragan | 1955 | 1971 | |
Dassault Super Mystère B2 | 1958 | 1976 | Sambad (Hebrew acronym of "Super Mystère B Deux") סמב"ד |
de Havilland Mosquito | 1948 | 1958 | |
Douglas A-4 Skyhawk | 1968 | - | Ayit (Vulture) עייט |
General Dynamics F-16A/B | 1980 | - | Netz (Hawk) נץ |
General Dynamics F-16C/D | 1987 | - | Barak (Lightning) ברק |
Gloster Meteor | 1953 | 1970 | |
IAI Kfir | 1975 | 1996 | Kfir (Lion Cub) כפיר |
IAI Nesher | 1971 | 1986 | Nesher (Eagle) נשר |
IAI Lavi | 1986 | 1987 | Lavi (Young Lion) לביא |
Lockheed Martin F-16I | 2004 | - | Sufa (Storm) סופה |
McDonnell Douglas F-15A/B/C/D | 1976 | - | Baz (Falcon) בז |
McDonnell Douglas F-4 | 1969 | 2004 | Kurnass (Sledgehammer) קורנס |
North American P-51 | 1948 | 1961 | |
Sud Aviation S.O. 4050 Vautour | 1957 | 1971 | |
Supermarine Spitfire | 1948 | 1956 | Yorek ירק (spit)[2] |
Fixed wing auxiliary[]
Designation | Year | Year | Hebrew designation |
---|---|---|---|
Auster J/1 Autocrat | 1948 | 1950 | Primus פרימוס |
Beechcraft Queen Air B-80 | 1974 | 2003 | Zamir (Nightingale) זמיר |
Beechcraft Bonanza | |||
Beech C-45 Expeditor | 1960 | ? | |
Beechcraft Super King Air | 1974 | - | Cuckia/Tzufit (Cuckoo/Sunbird) קוקיה/צופית |
Boeing 377 Stratocruiser/C-97 | 1963 | 1977 | Anak (Giant) ענק |
Boeing 707 | 1972 | - | Re'em (Oryx) ראם |
Britten-Norman Islander | 1973 | 1982 | |
Cessna 172 | 1967 | 1991 | |
Cessna 180/182/185 | 1977 | 1994 | |
Cessna U206 Super Skywagon | 1968 | 1998 | |
Consolidated PBY Catalina | 1952 | 1961 | |
Curtiss C-46 Commando | 1948 | 1971 | |
de Havilland Tiger Moth | 1948 | 1949 | |
de Havilland Dragon Rapide DH.89 | 1948 | 1949 | |
Dornier Do 27 | 1964 | 1994 | Dror (Sparrow) דרור |
Dornier Do 28 | 1971 | 2001 | Agur (Crane) עגור |
Douglas DC-3/C-47 Dakota | 1948 | 2000 | |
Douglas DC-4/C-54 Skymaster | 1948 | 1949 | |
Douglas DC-5 | 1948 | 1955 | |
Fairchild Argus | 1948 | ? | |
Grumman E-2 Hawkeye | 1978 | 2002 | Daya (Kite bird) דיה |
Grumman G-44 Widgeon | 1948 | ? | |
Grumman OV-1 Mohawk | 1974 | 1978 | |
IAI Arava | 1973 | 2004 | Arava (Prairie) ערבה |
IAI Westwind/Seascan | 1973 | Shahaf (Seagull) שחף | |
Lockheed Constellation | 1948 | 1949 | |
Lockheed C-130 Hercules | 1971 | - | Karnaf (Rhinoceros) קרנף |
Lockheed Hudson | 1948 | 1950 | |
Lockheed Lodestar | 1948 | 1949 | |
Miles Aerovan M.57 | 1948 | 1955 | |
Miles Gemini | 1948 | 1950 | |
Noorduyn C-64 Norseman UC-64A | 1948 | 1949 | |
Nord 1203 Norécrin II | 1967 | ? | |
Nord 2501 Noratlas | 1955 | 1976 | |
Piaggio P.149 | 1968 | 1972 | |
Pilatus Turbo Porter | 1963 | 1976 | |
Republic RC-3 Seabee | 1948 | ? | |
RWD-13 | 1948 | 1949 | |
RWD-15 | |||
SOCATA Rallye | 1965 | 1969 | |
SOCATA Trinidad | 1995 | ? | Pashosh (Warbler) פשוש |
Taylorcraft Auster AOP 3/5 | 1948 | 1949 | |
Taylorcraft Plus C | 1948 | ? |
Fixed wing trainers[]
Designation | Year | Year | Hebrew designation |
---|---|---|---|
Airspeed Oxford/Consul | 1949 | 1961 | |
Avro Anson | 1949 | 1961 | |
Boeing Stearman PT-17 Kaydet | 1948 | 1967 | |
de Havilland Chipmunk | 1949 | 1950 | |
Fokker Instructor | 1949 | 1954 | |
Fouga Magister | 1960 | 2010 | Tzukit (Monticola) צוקית |
Hawker Beechcraft T-6 Texan II | 2009 | - | Efroni (Lark) עפרוני |
North American T-6 Texan | 1948 | 1974 | |
Piper Super Cub | 1948 | 2002 | |
Temco Buckaroo | 1949 | 1952 | |
Vultee BT-13 Valiant | 1948 | 1949 |
Helicopters[]
Designation | Year | Year | Hebrew designation |
---|---|---|---|
Aérospatiale Alouette II | 1957 | 1975 | |
Aérospatiale Super Frelon | 1967 | 1996 | Tzir'a (Hornet) צרעה |
HH-65 Dolphin | 1985 | 1997 | Dolphin דולפין |
Eurocopter Panther | 1996 | - | Atalef (Bat) עטלף |
Bell UH-1 Iroquois | 1967 | 2002 | |
Bell 206 | 1978 | - | Saifan (Gladiolus) סייפן |
Bell 212 | 1978 | ? | Anafa (Heron) אנפה |
Bell AH-1 Cobra | 1975 | - | Tzefa (Viper) צפע |
Bell 47 | 1965 | 1974 | |
Hiller 360 | 1951 | 1961 | |
Hughes 500 | 1979 | 2001 | Lahatut (Trick) להטוט |
McDonnell Douglas AH-64 Apache | 1990 | - | Peten (Adder) פתן |
McDonnell Douglas AH-64D Apache Longbow | 2004 | - | Saraph (Seraph) שרף |
Sikorsky S-55 | 1957 | 1966 | |
Sikorsky S-58 | 1958 | 1975 | |
Sikorsky CH-53 | 1969 | - | Yas'ur (Petrel) יסעור |
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk | 1994 | - | Yanshuf (Owl) ינשוף |
Unmanned aerial vehicles[]
Designation | Year | Year | Hebrew designation |
---|---|---|---|
Ryan BQM-34A Firebee | Mabat (Gaze) מבט | ||
Ryan BQM-34E/F Firebee II | Shadmit (Pratincole) שדמית | ||
Northrop Chukar | Telem (Furrow) תלם | ||
Tadiran Mastiff | 1979 | 1992 | |
IAI Scout | 1979 | 1992 | |
IAI Searcher 1 | 1992 | ? | |
IAI Searcher 2 | 1998 | ? |
Captured / defected aircraft[]
Designation | Year | Country |
---|---|---|
Aérospatiale Gazelle | 1982 | Syria |
Supermarine Spitfire | 1948 | Egypt |
de Havilland Dragon Rapide | 1952? | Jordan |
Fairchild Argus | 1948 | Egypt |
Sukhoi Su-7 | 1969? | Egypt |
Heliopolis Gomhouria | 1967 | Egypt |
Mikoyan-Gurevich MIG-15 | 1956 | Egypt |
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 | 1968 | Syria |
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 | 1966 | Iraq |
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 | 1989 | Syria |
Mil Mi-8 | 1973 | Egypt |
Yakovlev Yak-11 | 1964 | Egypt |
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Deal signed but canceled in the fallout from the 1956 Suez Crisis. Norton, Bill (2004). Air War on the Edge - A History of the Israel Air Force and its Aircraft since 1947. Midland Publishing. p. 372. ISBN 1-85780-088-5.
- ↑ History of Vickers Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXc PV270
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