thumb|Israeli Air Force [[UH-60 Blackhawk and AH-1 Cobra]]

List of aircraft of the Israeli Air Force:

Aircraft highlighted in blue are currently in service.

Fixed wing combat types

{| class="wikitable sortable"

!width="370"| Designation !!width="100"| Entered Service !!width="100"| Left Service !!width="370"| Hebrew designation

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| Avia S-199 ||1948||1950|| Sakin (Knife) סכין

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| Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress ||1948||1958||

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| Bristol Beaufighter ||1948||1948 ||

|-

|-

| Dassault Mirage IIIC ||1962||1986|| Shahak (Sky) שחק

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| Dassault Mirage 5 ||n/a||n/a||50 ordered 1966, not delivered

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| Dassault Mystère IV ||1955||1971||

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| Dassault Ouragan ||1955||1971||

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| Dassault Super Mystère B2||1958||1976||Sambad (Hebrew acronym of "Super Mystère B Deux") סמב"ד

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| Fouga CM.170 Magister||1957||1967||Tzukit (Monticola) צוקית

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| de Havilland Mosquito ||1948||1958||

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| Douglas A-4 Skyhawk||1968||2015|| Ayit (Eagle) עיט

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| General Dynamics F-16A/B ||1980||2016|| Netz (Hawk) נץ

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| General Dynamics F-16C ||1987|| 2024 || Barak (Lightning) ברק

|- style="background:#cceeff"

| General Dynamics F-16D ||1986|| - || Barak (Lightning) ברק

|-

| Gloster Meteor ||1953||1970||

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| IAI Kfir||1975||1996 || Kfir (Lion Cub) כפיר

|-

| IAI Nesher||1971||1986|| Nesher (Vulture) נשר

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| IAI Lavi||1986||1987|| Lavi (Lion) לביא

|- style="background:#cceeff"

| Lockheed Martin F-16I ||2004|| - || Sufa (Storm) סופה

|- style="background:#cceeff"

| Lockheed Martin F-35I ||2016|| - || Adir (Mighty) אדיר

|-style="background:#cceeff"

| McDonnell Douglas F-15A/B/C/D||1976|| - || Baz (Falcon) בז

|- style="background:#cceeff"

| McDonnell Douglas F-15I||1998|| - || Ra'am (Thunder) רעם

|-

| McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II||1969||2004|| Kurnass (Sledgehammer) קורנס

|-

| North American P-51 Mustang||1948||1961||

|-

| Sud Aviation S.O. 4050 Vautour IIA/N||1957||1971||

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| Supermarine Spitfire||1948||1956|| Yorek יורק (Spitter)

|-

|}

Fixed wing auxiliary

{| class="wikitable sortable"

!width="370"| Designation !!width="100"| Year !!width="100"| Year !!width="370"| Hebrew designation

|-

| Auster J/1 Autocrat||1947||1950|| Primus פרימוס

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| Beechcraft Queen Air B-80||1974||2003|| Zamir (Nightingale) זמיר

|-

|- style="background:#cceeff"

| Beechcraft Bonanza ||1948|| - || Hofit (Stint) חופית

|-

| Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor||1960|| ? ||

|- style="background:#cceeff"

| Beechcraft Super King Air||1974|| - || Cuckia/Tzufit (Cuckoo/Sunbird) קוקיה/צופית

|-

| Boeing 377 Stratocruiser/C-97 ||1963||1977|| Anak (Giant) ענק

|- style="background:#cceeff"

| Boeing 707 ||1972|| - || Re'em (Oryx) ראם

|-

| Britten-Norman Islander ||1973||1982||

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| Cessna 172||1967||1991|| שחפית

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| Cessna 180/182/185 ||1977||1994||

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| Cessna U206 Super Skywagon||1968||1998||

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| Consolidated PBY Catalina||1952||1961||

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| Curtiss C-46 Commando ||1948||1971||

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| de Havilland Tiger Moth||1947||1949||

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| de Havilland Dragon Rapide DH.89 ||1947||1949||

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| Dornier Do 27 ||1964||1994|| Dror (Sparrow) דרור

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| Dornier Do 28 ||1971||2001|| Agur (Crane) עגור

|-

| Douglas DC-3/C-47 Skytrain ||1948||2000||

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| Douglas DC-4/C-54 Skymaster||1948||1949||

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| Douglas DC-5 ||1948||1955||

|-

| Fairchild Argus ||1948|| ? ||

|-

| Grumman E-2 Hawkeye ||1978||2002|| Daya (Kite bird) דיה

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| Grumman G-44 Widgeon||1948|| ? ||

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| Grumman OV-1 Mohawk||1974||1978|| Atalef (Bat) עטלף

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| Gulfstream V / Gulfstream G550||2005|| || Nachshon, Shavit, Eitam, Oron

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| IAI Arava||1973||2004|| Arava (Prairie) ערבה

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| IAI Westwind/Seascan||1973|| || Shahaf (Seagull) שחף

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| Lockheed Constellation||1948||1949||

|- style="background:#cceeff"

| Lockheed C-130 Hercules||1971|| - || Karnaf (Rhinoceros) קרנף

|- style="background:#cceeff"

| Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules||2014|| - || Shimshon (Samson) שמשון

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| Lockheed Hudson||1948||1950||

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| Lockheed Lodestar||1948||1949||

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| Miles M.57 Aerovan||1948||1955||

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| Miles Gemini||1948||1950||

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| Noorduyn UC-64A Norseman||1948||1949||

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| Nord 1203 Norécrin II||1967|| ? ||

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| Nord 2501 Noratlas||1956||1978||

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| Piaggio P.149||1968||1972||

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| Pilatus Turbo Porter||1963||1976||

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| Republic RC-3 Seabee||1947||1948||

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| RWD-13||1947||1949||

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| RWD-15||1947||1949||

|-

| SOCATA Rallye||1965||1969||

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| SOCATA Trinidad||1995|| 2005 || Pashosh (Warbler) פשוש

|-

| Taylorcraft Auster AOP 3/5 ||1947||1949||

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| Taylorcraft Plus C||1947|| ? ||

|}

Fixed wing trainers

{| class="wikitable sortable"

!width="370"| Designation !!width="100"| Year !!width="100"| Year !!width="370"| Hebrew designation

|-

| Airspeed Oxford/Consul || 1949 || 1961 ||

|- style="background:#cceeff"

| Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master || 2014 || - || Lavi (young lion) לביא

|-

| Avro Anson || 1949 || 1961 ||

|-

| Boeing-Stearman PT-17 Kaydet || 1948 || 1967 ||

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| de Havilland Canada Chipmunk || 1949 || 1950 ||

|-

| Fokker Instructor || 1949 || 1954 ||

|-

| Fouga Magister || 1960 || 2010 || Tzukit (Monticola) צוקית

|- style="background:#cceeff"

| Grob G 120 || 2002|| - || Snunit (Swallow) סנונית

|- style="background:#cceeff"

| Hawker-Beechcraft T-6 Texan II || 2009 || - || Efroni (Lark) עפרוני

|-

| North American T-6 Texan || 1948 || 1974 ||

|-

| Piper Super Cub || 1948 || 2002 ||

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| Temco Buckaroo || 1949 || 1952 ||

|-

| Vultee BT-13 Valiant || 1948 || 1949 ||

|}

Rotary wing - helicopters

{| class="wikitable sortable"

!width="370"| Designation !!width="100"| Year !!width="100"| Year !!width="370"| Hebrew designation

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| Aérospatiale Alouette II || 1957 || 1975 ||

|-

| Aérospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon || 1966 || 1991 || Tzir'a (Hornet) צרעה

|-

| Eurocopter HH-65 Dolphin || 1985 || 1997 || Dolphin דולפין

|- style="background:#cceeff"

| Eurocopter Panther || 1996 || 2025 ||Atalef (Bat) עטלף

|-

| Bell UH-1 Iroquois || 1967 || 2002 ||

|- style="background:#cceeff"

| Bell 206 || 1978 || - || Saifan (Gladiolus) סייפן

|-

| Bell 212 || 1978 || ? || Anafa (Heron) אנפה

|-

| Bell AH-1 Cobra || 1975 || 2013 || Tzefa (Viper) צפע

|-

| Bell 47 || 1965 || 1974 ||

|-

| Hiller 360 || 1951 || 1961 ||

|-

| Hughes 500 || 1979 || 2001 || Lahatut (Trick) להטוט

|- style="background:#cceeff"

| McDonnell Douglas AH-64A Apache || 1990 || - || Peten (Adder) פתן

|- style="background:#cceeff"

| McDonnell Douglas AH-64D Apache Longbow || 2004 || - || Saraph (Seraph) שרף

|-

| Sikorsky S-55 || 1957 || 1966 ||

|-

| Sikorsky S-58 || 1958 || 1975 ||

|- style="background:#cceeff"

| Sikorsky CH-53 || 1969 || - || Yas'ur (Petrel) יסעור

|- style="background:#cceeff"

| Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk || 1994 || - || Yanshuf (Owl) ינשוף

|-

|}

Unmanned aerial vehicles

{| class="wikitable sortable"

!width="370"| Designation !!width="100"| Year !!width="100"| Year !!width="370"| Hebrew designation

|-

| Ryan BQM-34A Firebee || 1971 || || Mabat (Gaze) מבט

|-

| Ryan BQM-34E/F Firebee II || 1971 || || Shadmit (Pratincole) שדמית

|-

| Northrop Chukar || 1971 || || Telem (Furrow) תלם

|-

| Tadiran Mastiff || 1979 || 1992 || Sayar (scout) סייר

|-

| IAI Scout || 1979 || 1992 || Zahavan (Oriolus) זהבן

|- style="background:#cceeff"

| IAI Harpy || 1990s || - || Sion שיאון

|-

| IAI Searcher 1 || 1992 || ? || Hogla (Alectoris) חוגלה

|-

| IAI Searcher 2 || 1998 || ? || Kokhav Lavan (White Star) כוכב לבן

|- style="background:#cceeff"

| Elbit Hermes 450 || 2001 || - || Zik זיק

|- style="background:#cceeff"

| Aeronautics Aerostar || 2002 || - || Shalev שליו

|- style="background:#cceeff"

| IAI Heron || 2005 || - || Shoval (Wake) שובל

|- style="background:#cceeff"

| IAI Eitan || 2010|| - ||

|- style="background:#cceeff"

| Elbit Hermes 900 || 2014 || - || Kokhav Plada (Steel Star) כוכב פלדה

|}

References

Bibliography

  • Wisker Thomas J. "Talkback". Air Enthusiast, No. 10, July–September 1979, p. 79.