List of aircraft of the Israeli Air Force
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List of aircraft of the Israeli Air Force:
Fixed wing combat types
Designation | Entered Service | Left Service | Hebrew designation |
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![]() | 1948 | 1950 | Sakin (Knife) סכין |
![]() | 1948 | 1958 | |
![]() | 1948 | 1948 | |
![]() | n/a[1] | n/a[1] | Order signed but cancelled. |
![]() | 1962 | 1986 | Shahak (Sky) שחק |
![]() | n/a | n/a | 50 ordered 1966, not delivered |
![]() | 1955 | 1971 | |
![]() | 1955 | 1971 | |
![]() | 1958 | 1976 | Sambad (Hebrew acronym of "Super Mystère B Deux") סמב"ד |
![]() | 1957 | 1967 | Tzukit (Monticola) צוקית |
![]() | 1948 | 1958 | |
![]() | 1968 | 2015 | Ayit (Eagle) עיט |
![]() | 1980 | 2016 | Netz (Hawk) נץ |
![]() | 1987 | - | Barak (Lightning) ברק |
![]() | 1953 | 1970 | |
![]() | 1975 | 1996 | Kfir (Lion Cub) כפיר |
![]() | 1971 | 1986 | Nesher (Vulture) נשר |
![]() | 1986 | 1987 | Lavi (Lion) לביא |
![]() | 2004 | - | Sufa (Storm) סופה |
![]() | 2016 | - | Adir (Mighty) אדיר |
![]() | 1976 | - | Baz (Falcon) בז |
![]() | 1998 | - | Ra'am (Thunder) רעם |
![]() | 1969 | 2004 | Kurnass (Sledgehammer) קורנס |
![]() | 1948 | 1961 | |
![]() | 1957 | 1971 | |
![]() | 1948 | 1956 | Yorek יורק (Spitter)[2] |
Fixed wing auxiliary
Fixed wing trainers
Designation | Year | Year | Hebrew designation |
---|---|---|---|
![]() | 1949 | 1961 | |
![]() | 2014 | - | Lavi (young lion) לביא |
![]() | 1949 | 1961 | |
![]() | 1948 | 1967 | |
![]() | 1949 | 1950 | |
![]() | 1949 | 1954 | |
![]() | 1960 | 2010 | Tzukit (Monticola) צוקית |
![]() | 2002 | - | Snunit (Swallow) סנונית |
![]() | 2009 | - | Efroni (Lark) עפרוני |
![]() | 1948 | 1974 | |
![]() | 1948 | 2002 | |
![]() | 1949 | 1952 | |
![]() | 1948 | 1949 |
Rotary wing - helicopters
Designation | Year | Year | Hebrew designation |
---|---|---|---|
![]() | 1957 | 1975 | |
![]() | 1967 | 1996 | Tzir'a (Hornet) צרעה |
![]() | 1985 | 1997 | Dolphin דולפין |
![]() | 1996 | - | Atalef (Bat) עטלף |
![]() | 1967 | 2002 | |
![]() | 1978 | - | Saifan (Gladiolus) סייפן |
![]() | 1978 | ? | Anafa (Heron) אנפה |
![]() | 1975 | 2013 | Tzefa (Viper) צפע |
![]() | 1965 | 1974 | |
![]() | 1951 | 1961 | |
![]() | 1979 | 2001 | Lahatut (Trick) להטוט |
![]() | 1990 | - | Peten (Adder) פתן |
![]() | 2004 | - | Saraph (Seraph) שרף |
![]() | 1957 | 1966 | |
![]() | 1958 | 1975 | |
![]() | 1969 | - | Yas'ur (Petrel) יסעור |
![]() | 1994 | - | Yanshuf (Owl) ינשוף |
Unmanned aerial vehicles
Designation | Year | Year | Hebrew designation |
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![]() | 1971 | Mabat (Gaze) מבט | |
![]() | 1971 | Shadmit (Pratincole) שדמית | |
![]() | 1971 | Telem (Furrow) תלם | |
![]() | 1979 | 1992 | Sayar (scout) סייר |
![]() | 1979 | 1992 | Zahavan (Oriolus) זהבן |
![]() | 1990s | - | Sion שיאון |
![]() | 1992 | ? | Hogla (Alectoris) חוגלה |
![]() | 1998 | ? | Kokhav Lavan (White Star) כוכב לבן |
![]() | 2001 | - | Zik זיק |
![]() | 2002 | - | Shalev שליו |
![]() | 2005 | - | Shoval (Wake) שובל |
![]() | 2010 | - | |
![]() | 2014 | - | Kokhav Plada (Steel Star) כוכב פלדה |
References
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ History of Vickers Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXc PV270
Bibliography
- Wisker Thomas J. "Talkback". Air Enthusiast, No. 10, July–September 1979, p. 79. ISSN 0143-5450
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