List of aircraft of the Israeli Air Force
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Israeli Air Force UH-60 Blackhawk and AH-1 Cobra
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 |
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1948 | 1958 | |
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1948 | 1948 | |
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n/a[1] | n/a[1] | Order signed but cancelled. |
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1962 | 1986 | Shahak (Sky) שחק |
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n/a | n/a | 50 ordered 1966, not delivered |
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1955 | 1971 | |
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1955 | 1971 | |
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1958 | 1976 | Sambad (Hebrew acronym of "Super Mystère B Deux") סמב"ד |
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1948 | 1958 | |
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1968 | 2015 | Ayit (Eagle) עיט |
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1980 | 2016 | Netz (Hawk) נץ |
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1987 | - | Barak (Lightning) ברק |
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1953 | 1970 | |
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1975 | 1996 | Kfir (Lion Cub) כפיר |
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1971 | 1986 | Nesher (Vulture) נשר |
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1986 | 1987 | Lavi (Lion) לביא |
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2004 | - | Sufa (Storm) סופה |
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2016 | - | Adir (Mighty) אדיר |
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1976 | - | Baz (Falcon) בז |
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1998 | - | Ra'am (Thunder) רעם |
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1969 | 2004 | Kurnass (Sledgehammer) קורנס |
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1948 | 1961 | |
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1957 | 1971 | |
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1948 | 1956 | Yorek יורק (spit)[2] |
Fixed wing auxiliary[]
Designation | Year | Year | Hebrew designation |
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1947 | 1950 | Primus פרימוס |
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1974 | 2003 | Zamir (Nightingale) זמיר |
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1948 | ||
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1960 | ? | |
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1974 | - | Cuckia/Tzufit (Cuckoo/Sunbird) קוקיה/צופית |
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1963 | 1977 | Anak (Giant) ענק |
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1972 | - | Re'em (Oryx) ראם |
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1973 | 1982 | |
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1967 | 1991 | |
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1977 | 1994 | |
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1968 | 1998 | |
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1952 | 1961 | |
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1948 | 1971 | |
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1947 | 1949 | |
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1947 | 1949 | |
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1964 | 1994 | Dror (Sparrow) דרור |
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1971 | 2001 | Agur (Crane) עגור |
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1948 | 2000 | |
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1948 | 1949 | |
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1948 | 1955 | |
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1948 | ? | |
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1978 | 2002 | Daya (Kite bird) דיה |
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1948 | ? | |
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1974 | 1978 | Atalef (Bat) עטלף |
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2005 | Nachshon, Shavit, Eitam, Oron | |
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1973 | 2004 | Arava (Prairie) ערבה |
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1973 | Shahaf (Seagull) שחף | |
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1948 | 1949 | |
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1971 | - | Karnaf (Rhinoceros) קרנף |
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2014 | - | Shimshon (Samson) שמשון |
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1948 | 1950 | |
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1948 | 1949 | |
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1948 | 1955 | |
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1948 | 1950 | |
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1948 | 1949 | |
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1967 | ? | |
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1955 | 1976 | |
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1968 | 1972 | |
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1963 | 1976 | |
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1947 | 1948 | |
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1947 | 1949 | |
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1947 | 1949 | |
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1965 | 1969 | |
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1995 | 2005 | Pashosh (Warbler) פשוש |
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1947 | 1949 | |
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1947 | ? |
Fixed wing trainers[]
Designation | Year | Year | Hebrew designation |
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1949 | 1961 | |
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2014 | - | Lavi (young lion) לביא |
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1949 | 1961 | |
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1948 | 1967 | |
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1949 | 1950 | |
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1949 | 1954 | |
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1960 | 2010 | Tzukit (Monticola) צוקית |
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2002 | - | Snunit (Swallow) סנונית |
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2009 | - | Efroni (Lark) עפרוני |
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1948 | 1974 | |
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1948 | 2002 | |
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1949 | 1952 | |
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1948 | 1949 |
Rotary Wing - Helicopters[]
Designation | Year | Year | Hebrew designation |
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1957 | 1975 | |
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1967 | 1996 | Tzir'a (Hornet) צרעה |
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1985 | 1997 | Dolphin דולפין |
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1996 | - | Atalef (Bat) עטלף |
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1967 | 2002 | |
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1978 | - | Saifan (Gladiolus) סייפן |
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1978 | ? | Anafa (Heron) אנפה |
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1975 | 2013 | Tzefa (Viper) צפע |
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1965 | 1974 | |
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1951 | 1961 | |
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1979 | 2001 | Lahatut (Trick) להטוט |
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1990 | - | Peten (Adder) פתן |
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2004 | - | Saraph (Seraph) שרף |
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1957 | 1966 | |
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1958 | 1975 | |
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1969 | - | Yas'ur (Petrel) יסעור |
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1994 | - | Yanshuf (Owl) ינשוף |
Unmanned aerial vehicles[]
Designation | Year | Year | Hebrew designation |
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1971 | Mabat (Gaze) מבט | |
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1971 | Shadmit (Pratincole) שדמית | |
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1971 | Telem (Furrow) תלם | |
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1979 | 1992 | Sayar (scout) סייר |
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1979 | 1992 | Zahavan (Oriolus) זהבן |
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1990s | - | Sion שיאון |
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1992 | ? | Hogla (Alectoris) חוגלה |
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1998 | ? | Kokhav Lavan (White Star) כוכב לבן |
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2001 | - | Zik זיק |
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2002 | - | Shalev שליו |
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2005 | - | Shoval (Wake) שובל |
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2010 | - | |
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2014 | - | Kokhav Plada (Steel Star) כוכב פלדה |
Captured / defected aircraft[]
Designation | Year | Country |
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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
Categories:
- Israeli Air Force
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- Israeli military aircraft