List of aircraft of the Israeli Air Force

Israeli Air Force UH-60 Blackhawk and AH-1 Cobra

List of aircraft of the Israeli Air Force:

Fixed wing combat types
DesignationEntered ServiceLeft ServiceHebrew designation
Avia S-19919481950Sakin (Knife) סכין
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress19481958
Bristol Beaufighter19481948
Canadair Sabren/a[1]n/a[1]Order signed but cancelled.
Dassault Mirage IIIC19621986Shahak (Sky) שחק
 France Dassault Mirage Vn/an/a7 ordered 1966, not delivered
Dassault Mystère IV19551971
Dassault Ouragan19551971
Dassault Super Mystère B219581976Sambad (Hebrew acronym of "Super Mystère B Deux") סמב"ד
de Havilland Mosquito19481958
Douglas A-4 Skyhawk19682015Ayit (Eagle) עיט
General Dynamics F-16A/B19802016Netz (Hawk) נץ
General Dynamics F-16C/D1987-Barak (Lightning) ברק
Gloster Meteor19531970
IAI Kfir19751996Kfir (Lion Cub) כפיר
IAI Nesher19711986Nesher (Vulture) נשר
IAI Lavi19861987Lavi (young lion) לביא
Lockheed Martin F-16I2004-Sufa (Storm) סופה
Lockheed Martin F-35I2016-Adir (Mighty) אדיר
McDonnell Douglas F-15A/B/C/D1976-Baz (Falcon) בז
McDonnell Douglas F-15I1998-Ra'am (Thunder) רעם
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II19692004Kurnass (Sledgehammer) קורנס
North American P-51 Mustang19481961
Sud Aviation S.O. 4050 Vautour19571971
Supermarine Spitfire19481956Yorek ירק (spit)[2]

Fixed wing auxiliary
DesignationYearYearHebrew designation
Auster J/1 Autocrat19471950Primus פרימוס
Beechcraft Queen Air B-8019742003Zamir (Nightingale) זמיר
Beechcraft Bonanza1948
Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor1960?
Beechcraft Super King Air1974-Cuckia/Tzufit (Cuckoo/Sunbird) קוקיה/צופית
Boeing 377 Stratocruiser/C-9719631977Anak (Giant) ענק
Boeing 7071972-Re'em (Oryx) ראם
Britten-Norman Islander19731982
Cessna 17219671991
Cessna 180/182/18519771994
Cessna U206 Super Skywagon19681998
Consolidated PBY Catalina19521961
Curtiss C-46 Commando19481971
de Havilland Tiger Moth19471949
de Havilland Dragon Rapide DH.8919471949
Dornier Do 2719641994Dror (Sparrow) דרור
Dornier Do 2819712001Agur (Crane) עגור
Douglas DC-3/C-47 Dakota19482000
Douglas DC-4/C-54 Skymaster19481949
Douglas DC-519481955
Fairchild Argus1948?
Grumman E-2 Hawkeye19782002Daya (Kite bird) דיה
Grumman G-44 Widgeon1948?
Grumman OV-1 Mohawk19741978Atalef (Bat) עטלף
IAI Arava19732004Arava (Prairie) ערבה
IAI Westwind/Seascan1973Shahaf (Seagull) שחף
Lockheed Constellation19481949
Lockheed C-130 Hercules1971-Karnaf (Rhinoceros) קרנף
Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules2014-Shimshon (Samson) שמשון
Lockheed Hudson19481950
Lockheed Lodestar19481949
Miles M.57 Aerovan19481955
Miles Gemini19481950
Noorduyn UC-64A Norseman19481949
Nord 1203 Norécrin II1967?
Nord 2501 Noratlas19551976
Piaggio P.14919681972
Pilatus Turbo Porter19631976
Republic RC-3 Seabee19471948
RWD-1319471949
RWD-1519471949
SOCATA Rallye19651969
SOCATA Trinidad19952005Pashosh (Warbler) פשוש
Taylorcraft Auster AOP 3/519471949
Taylorcraft Plus C1947?

Fixed wing trainers
DesignationYearYearHebrew designation
Airspeed Oxford/Consul19491961
Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master2014-Lavi (young lion) לביא
Avro Anson19491961
Boeing-Stearman PT-17 Kaydet19481967
de Havilland Canada Chipmunk19491950
Fokker Instructor19491954
Fouga Magister19602010Tzukit (Monticola) צוקית
Grob G 1202002-Snunit (Swallow) סנונית
Hawker-Beechcraft T-6 Texan II2009-Efroni (Lark) עפרוני
North American T-6 Texan19481974
Piper Super Cub19482002
Temco Buckaroo19491952
Vultee BT-13 Valiant19481949

Rotary Wing - Helicopters
DesignationYearYearHebrew designation
Aérospatiale Alouette II19571975
Aérospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon19671996Tzir'a (Hornet) צרעה
Eurocopter HH-65 Dolphin19851997Dolphin דולפין
Eurocopter Panther1996-Atalef (Bat) עטלף
Bell UH-1 Iroquois19672002
Bell 2061978-Saifan (Gladiolus) סייפן
Bell 2121978?Anafa (Heron) אנפה
Bell AH-1 Cobra19752013Tzefa (Viper) צפע
Bell 4719651974
Hiller 36019511961
Hughes 50019792001Lahatut (Trick) להטוט
McDonnell Douglas AH-64A Apache1990-Peten (Adder) פתן
McDonnell Douglas AH-64D Apache Longbow2004-Saraph (Seraph) שרף
Sikorsky S-5519571966
Sikorsky S-5819581975
Sikorsky CH-531969-Yas'ur (Petrel) יסעור
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk1994-Yanshuf (Owl) ינשוף

Unmanned aerial vehicles
DesignationYearYearHebrew designation
Ryan BQM-34A FirebeeMabat (Gaze) מבט
Ryan BQM-34E/F Firebee IIShadmit (Pratincole) שדמית
Northrop ChukarTelem (Furrow) תלם
Tadiran Mastiff19791992
IAI Scout19791992
IAI Searcher 11992?
IAI Searcher 21998?

Captured / defected aircraft
DesignationYearCountry
Aérospatiale Gazelle1982 Syria
Supermarine Spitfire1948 Egypt
de Havilland Dragon Rapide1952? Jordan
Fairchild Argus1948 Egypt
Sukhoi Su-71969? Egypt
Heliopolis Gomhouria1967 Egypt
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-151956 Egypt
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-171968 Syria
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-211966 Iraq
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-231989 Syria
Mil Mi-81973 Egypt
Yakovlev Yak-111964 Egypt

References
  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 1857800885.
  2. History of Vickers Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXc PV270
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