List of aircraft of the Israeli Air Force

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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[norton-1] 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.

[2] History of Vickers Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXc PV270

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