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:

Aircraft highlighted in blue are currently in service.

Fixed wing combat types

Designation	Entered Service	Left Service	Hebrew designation
Avia S-199	1948	1950	Sakin (Knife) סכין
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress	1948	1958
Bristol Beaufighter	1948	1948
Dassault Mirage IIIC	1962	1986	Shahak (Sky) שחק
Dassault Mirage 5	n/a	n/a	50 ordered 1966, not delivered
Dassault Mystère IV	1955	1971
Dassault Ouragan	1955	1971
Dassault Super Mystère B2	1958	1976	Sambad (Hebrew acronym of "Super Mystère B Deux") סמב"ד
Fouga CM.170 Magister	1957	1967	Tzukit (Monticola) צוקית
de Havilland Mosquito	1948	1958
Douglas A-4 Skyhawk	1968	2015	Ayit (Eagle) עיט
General Dynamics F-16A/B	1980	2016	Netz (Hawk) נץ
General Dynamics F-16C/D	1987	-	Barak (Lightning) ברק
Gloster Meteor	1953	1970
IAI Kfir	1975	1996	Kfir (Lion Cub) כפיר
IAI Nesher	1971	1986	Nesher (Vulture) נשר
IAI Lavi	1986	1987	Lavi (Lion) לביא
Lockheed Martin F-16I	2004	-	Sufa (Storm) סופה
Lockheed Martin F-35I	2016	-	Adir (Mighty) אדיר
McDonnell Douglas F-15A/B/C/D	1976	-	Baz (Falcon) בז
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
Supermarine Spitfire	1948	1956	Yorek יורק (Spitter)

Fixed wing auxiliary

Designation	Year	Year	Hebrew designation
Auster J/1 Autocrat	1947	1950	Primus פרימוס
Beechcraft Queen Air B-80	1974	2003	Zamir (Nightingale) זמיר
Beechcraft Bonanza	1948	-	Hofit (Stint) חופית
Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor	1960	?
Beechcraft Super King Air	1974	-	Cuckia/Tzufit (Cuckoo/Sunbird) קוקיה/צופית
Boeing 377 Stratocruiser/C-97	1963	1977	Anak (Giant) ענק
Boeing 707	1972	-	Re'em (Oryx) ראם
Britten-Norman Islander	1973	1982
Cessna 172	1967	1991	שחפית
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	1947	1949
de Havilland Dragon Rapide DH.89	1947	1949
Dornier Do 27	1964	1994	Dror (Sparrow) דרור
Dornier Do 28	1971	2001	Agur (Crane) עגור
Douglas DC-3/C-47 Skytrain	1948	2000
Douglas DC-4/C-54 Skymaster	1948	1949
Douglas DC-5	1948	1955
Fairchild Argus	1948	?
Grumman E-2 Hawkeye	1978	2002	Daya (Kite bird) דיה
Grumman G-44 Widgeon	1948	?
Grumman OV-1 Mohawk	1974	1978	Atalef (Bat) עטלף
Gulfstream V / Gulfstream G550	2005		Nachshon, Shavit, Eitam, Oron
IAI Arava	1973	2004	Arava (Prairie) ערבה
IAI Westwind/Seascan	1973		Shahaf (Seagull) שחף
Lockheed Constellation	1948	1949
Lockheed C-130 Hercules	1971	-	Karnaf (Rhinoceros) קרנף
Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules	2014	-	Shimshon (Samson) שמשון
Lockheed Hudson	1948	1950
Lockheed Lodestar	1948	1949
Miles M.57 Aerovan	1948	1955
Miles Gemini	1948	1950
Noorduyn UC-64A Norseman	1948	1949
Nord 1203 Norécrin II	1967	?
Nord 2501 Noratlas	1956	1978
Piaggio P.149	1968	1972
Pilatus Turbo Porter	1963	1976
Republic RC-3 Seabee	1947	1948
RWD-13	1947	1949
RWD-15	1947	1949
SOCATA Rallye	1965	1969
SOCATA Trinidad	1995	2005	Pashosh (Warbler) פשוש
Taylorcraft Auster AOP 3/5	1947	1949
Taylorcraft Plus C	1947	?

Fixed wing trainers

Designation	Year	Year	Hebrew designation
Airspeed Oxford/Consul	1949	1961
Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master	2014	-	Lavi (young lion) לביא
Avro Anson	1949	1961
Boeing-Stearman PT-17 Kaydet	1948	1967
de Havilland Canada Chipmunk	1949	1950
Fokker Instructor	1949	1954
Fouga Magister	1960	2010	Tzukit (Monticola) צוקית
Grob G 120	2002	-	Snunit (Swallow) סנונית
Hawker-Beechcraft T-6 Texan II	2009	-	Efroni (Lark) עפרוני
North American T-6 Texan	1948	1974
Piper Super Cub	1948	2002
Temco Buckaroo	1949	1952
Vultee BT-13 Valiant	1948	1949

Rotary wing - helicopters

Designation	Year	Year	Hebrew designation
Aérospatiale Alouette II	1957	1975
Aérospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon	1966	1991	Tzir'a (Hornet) צרעה
Eurocopter HH-65 Dolphin	1985	1997	Dolphin דולפין
Eurocopter Panther	1996	-	Atalef (Bat) עטלף
Bell UH-1 Iroquois	1967	2002
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
McDonnell Douglas AH-64A Apache	1990	-	Peten (Adder) פתן
McDonnell Douglas AH-64D Apache Longbow	2004	-	Saraph (Seraph) שרף
Sikorsky S-55	1957	1966
Sikorsky S-58	1958	1975
Sikorsky CH-53	1969	-	Yas'ur (Petrel) יסעור
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk	1994	-	Yanshuf (Owl) ינשוף

Unmanned aerial vehicles

Designation	Year	Year	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
IAI Harpy	1990s	-	Sion שיאון
IAI Searcher 1	1992	?	Hogla (Alectoris) חוגלה
IAI Searcher 2	1998	?	Kokhav Lavan (White Star) כוכב לבן
Elbit Hermes 450	2001	-	Zik זיק
Aeronautics Aerostar	2002	-	Shalev שליו
IAI Heron	2005	-	Shoval (Wake) שובל
IAI Eitan	2010	-
Elbit Hermes 900	2014	-	Kokhav Plada (Steel Star) כוכב פלדה

Bibliography

• Wisker Thomas J. "Talkback". Air Enthusiast, No. 10, July–September 1979, p. 79. ISSN 0143-5450