List of aircraft of the Israeli Air Force

Contents

1 Combat types 2 Transport/Utility/Reconnaissance 3 Training 4 Helicopters 5 Captured/Defected Aircraft 6 Evaluated but not Purchased

Combat types

Designation	Year	Info
Avia S-199	1948-1950	סכין
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress	1948-1958	-
Bristol Beaufighter	1948	-
Dassault Mirage III	1962-1986	שחק
Dassault Mystere IV	1955-1971	-
Dassault Ouragan	1955-1971	-
Dassault Super Mystere B2	1958-1976	סמב"ד
de Havilland Mosquito	1948-1958	-
Douglas A-4 Skyhawk	1968-	עייט
General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon	1980-	נץ/ברק
Gloster Meteor	1953-1970	-
IAI Kfir	1975-	כפיר
IAI Nesher	1971-1986	נשר
Lockheed Martin F-16I Sufa	2004-	סופה
McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle	1976-	בז
McDonnell Douglas F-15I	1976-	רעם
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II	1969-2004	קורנס
North American P-51 Mustang	1948-1961	-
Sud Aviation Vautour	1957-1971	-
Supermarine Spitfire	1948-1956	-

(colored cell denotes that the aircraft is still in active service)

Transport/Utility/Reconnaissance

Designation	Year	Info
Auster AOP 3/5/9/J1	1948-1949	-
Beech Queen Air	1974-2003	זמיר
Beech Bonanza	1948-1950	-
Beech C-45 Expeditor	1960	-
Beech King Air	1974-	קוקיה/צופית
Boeing 377 Stratocruiser/C-97	1963-1977	ענק
Boeing 707	1972-	4-engined passenger jet ראם
Britten-Norman Islander	1973-1982	-
Cessna 172	1967-1991	1-engined prop-driven light
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	1948-1949	-
Dornier 27	1964-1994	דרור
Dornier 28	1971-2001	עגור
Douglas DC-3/C-47 Dakota	1948-2000	דקוטה
Douglas DC-4/C-54 Skymaster	1948-1949	4-engine prop-driven
Douglas DC-5	1948-1955	-
Fairchild Argus	1948	-
Grumman E-2 Hawkeye	1978-2002	2-engine turboprop דיה
Grumman G-44 Widgeon	1948	-
Grumman OV-1 Mohawk	1974-1978	-
IAI Arava	1973-1998	ערבה
IAI Westwind/Seascan	1973-2000	שחף
Lockheed Constellation	1948-1949	4-engine prop-driven
Lockheed C-130 Hercules	1971-	4-engine turboprop transport קרנף
Lockheed Hudson	1948-1950	-
Lockheed Lodestar	1948-1949	-
Miles Aerovan	1948-1955	-
Miles Gemini	1948-1950	-
Noorduyn C-64 Norseman	1948-1949	-
Nord Norecrin	1967	-
Nord Noratlas	1955 -1976	נורד
Piaggio P-149	1968-1972	-
Pilatus Turbo Porter	1963-1976	-
Republic Seabee	1948	-
RWD-13	1948-1949	-
SOCATA Rallye	1965-1969	-
SOCATA Trinidad	1995-	פשוש
Taylorcraft C	1948	-

Training

• 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 (1960-1998)
• North American T-6 Texan (1948-1974)
• Piper Cub Super Cub (1948-2002)
• Temco Buckaroo (1949-1952)
• Vultee BT-13 Valiant (1948-1949)

Helicopters

Designation	Year	Info
Aerospatiale Alouette II	1957-1975
Aerospatiale Super Frelon	1967-1996	צרעה
Eurocopter Dauphin/Panther	1985-
Bell UH-1 Iroquois	1967-	אנפה
Bell 206	1978-	סייפן
Bell AH-1 Cobra	1975-	צפע
Bell 47	1965-1974
Hiller 360	1951-1961
Hughes 500	1979-2001	להטוט
McDonnell Douglas AH-64 Apache	1990-	פתן
McDonnell Douglas AH-64D Apache Longbow	2004-	שרף
Sikorsky S-55	1957-1966
Sikorsky S-58	1958-1975
Sikorsky CH-53	1969-	יסעור
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk	1994-	ינשוף

Captured/Defected Aircraft

• Aérospatiale Gazelle (1982 - Syria)
• Heliopolis Gomhouria (1967 - Egypt)
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 (1965 - Syria)
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (1966 - Iraq)
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 (1989 - Syria)
• Mil Mi-8 (1978 - Egypt)
• Yakovlev Yak-11 (1964 - Egypt)

Evaluated but not Purchased

• Canadair Sabre (1955)
• IAI Lavi (1986-1994)

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