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	Year	Hebrew designation
Avia S-199	1948-1950	Sakin (Knife) ????
Boeing B-17	1948-1958	-
Boeing F-15I	1998-	Ra'am (Thunder) ???
Bristol Beaufighter	1948-?	-
Dassault Mirage IIIC	1962-1986	Shahak (Sky) ???
Dassault Mystère IV	1955-1971	-
Dassault Ouragan	1955-1971	-
Dassault Super Mystère B2	1958-1976	Sambad (Hebrew acronym of "Super Mystère B Deux") ???"?
de Havilland Mosquito	1948-1958	-
Douglas A-4 Skyhawk	1968-	Ayit (Vulture) ????
General Dynamics F-16A/B	1980-	Netz (Hawk) ??
General Dynamics F-16C/D	1987-	Barak (Lightning) ???
Gloster Meteor	1953-1970	-
IAI Kfir	1975-1996	Kfir (Lion Cub) ????
IAI Nesher	1971-1986	Nesher (Eagle) ???
Lockheed Martin F-16I	2004-	Sufa (Storm) ????
McDonnell Douglas F-15A/B/C/D	1976-	Baz (Falcon) ??
McDonnell Douglas F-4	1969-2004	Kurnas (Sledgehammer) ?????
North American P-51	1948-1961	-
Sud Aviation S.O. 4050 Vautour	1957-1971	-
Supermarine Spitfire	1948-1956	-

Fixed wing auxiliary

Designation	Year	Hebrew designation
Auster J/1 Autocrat	1948-1940	Primus ??????
Beechcraft Queen Air B-80	1974-2003	Zamir (Nightingale) ????
Beechcraft Bonanza		-
Beech C-45 Expeditor	1960	-
Beechcraft Super King Air	1974-	Cuckia/Tzufit (Cuckoo/Sunbird) ?????/?????
Boeing 377 Stratocruiser/C-97	1963-1977	Anak (Giant) ???
Boeing 707	1972-	Re'em (Oryx) ???
Britten-Norman Islander	1973-1982	-
Cessna 172	1967-1991	-
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 DH.89	1948-1949	-
Dornier Do 27	1964-1994	Dror (Sparrow) ????
Dornier Do 28	1971-2001	Agur (Crane) ????
Douglas DC-3/C-47 Dakota	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) ???
Grumman G-44 Widgeon	1948	-
Grumman OV-1 Mohawk	1974-1978	-
IAI Arava	1973-2004	Arava (Prairie) ????
IAI Westwind/Seascan	1973-2000	Shahaf (Seagull) ???
Lockheed Constellation	1948-1949	-
Lockheed C-130 Hercules	1971-	Karnaf (Rhinoceros) ????
Lockheed Hudson	1948-1950	-
Lockheed Lodestar	1948-1949	-
Miles Aerovan M.57	1948-1955	-
Miles Gemini	1948-1950	-
Noorduyn C-64 Norseman UC-64A	1948-1949	-
Nord 1203 NorĂŠcrin II	1967	-
Nord 2501 Noratlas	1955-1976	-
Piaggio P.149	1968-1972	-
Pilatus Turbo Porter	1963-1976	-
Republic RC-3 Seabee	1948	-
RWD-13	1948-1949	-
RWD-15		-
SOCATA Rallye	1965-1969	-
SOCATA Trinidad	1995-	Pashosh (Warbler) ????
Taylorcraft Auster AOP 3/5	1948-1949	-
Taylorcraft Plus C	1948	-

Fixed wing trainers

Designation	Year	Hebrew designation
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-
Hawker Beechcraft T-6 Texan II	2009-
North American T-6 Texan	1948-1974
Piper Super Cub	1948-2002
Temco Buckaroo	1949-1952
Vultee BT-13 Valiant	1948-1949

Helicopters

Designation	Year	Hebrew designation
AĂŠrospatiale Alouette II	1957-1975
AĂŠrospatiale Super Frelon	1967-1996	Hornet ????
HH-65 Dolphin	1985-1997	Dolphin ??????
Eurocopter Dauphin	1996-	Bat ????
Bell UH-1 Iroquois	1967-	Egret ????
Bell 206	1978-	Gladiolus ?????
Bell 212	1978-	"Anafa" ("Heron")
Bell AH-1 Cobra	1975-	Viper ???
Bell 47	1965-1974
Hiller 360	1951-1961
Hughes 500	1979-2001	Trick ?????
McDonnell Douglas AH-64 Apache	1990-	Adder ???
McDonnell Douglas AH-64D Apache Longbow	2004-	Seraph ???
Sikorsky S-55	1957-1966
Sikorsky S-58	1958-1975
Sikorsky CH-53	1969-	Petrel ?????
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk	1994-	Owl ?????

Unmanned aerial vehicles

Designation	Year	Hebrew designation
Ryan BQM-34A Firebee		"Mabat" ("Gaze") ???
Ryan BQM-34E/F Firebee II		Shadmit" ("Pratincole") ?????
Northrop Chukar		"Telem" ("Furrow") ???
Tadiran Mastiff
IAI Scout
IAI Searcher 1
IAI Searcher 2

Captured / defected aircraft

Designation	Year	Country
AĂŠrospatiale Gazelle	1982	Syria
Heliopolis Gomhouria	1967	Egypt
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17	1968	Syria
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21	1966	Iraq
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23	1989	Syria
Mil Mi-8	1973	Egypt
Yakovlev Yak-11	1964	Egypt

Missiles

Air-to-air missiles

• AIM-7 Sparrow : Medium-range air-to-air missile.
• AIM-9 Sidewinder : Short-range air-to-air missile.
• AIM-120 AMRAAM : Medium-range air-to-air missile.
• Matra R530 : Obsolete air-to-air missile from the 1960s, no longer in service with the Israeli Air Force.
• Python : Short-range air-to-air missile.
• Shafrir : Short-range air-to-air missile.

Air-to-ground missiles

• AGM-62 Walleye : Air-to-surface missile.
• AGM-65 Maverick : Air-to-surface missile.
• AGM-45 Shrike : Air-to-surface, anti-radiation missile.
• AGM-78 Standard : Air-to-surface, anti-radiation missile.
• AGM-114 Hellfire : Air-to-surface, anti-tank missile.
• AGM-142 Popeye : Air-to-surface missile.
• AS.11 : Obsolete air-to-surface missile from the 1950s and 60s, no longer in service with Israeli Air Force.
• AS.30 : Obsolete air-to-surface missile from the 1960s, no longer in service with the Israeli Air Force.
• BGM-71 TOW : Air-to-surface, anti-tank missile.
• Gabriel : Air-to-surface, anti-ship missile.

Surface-to-air missiles

• Arrow : Anti-ballistic missile system
• FIM-92 Stinger : Man portable surface-to-air missile.
• MIM-23 Hawk : Medium-range surface-to-air missile.
• MIM-104 Patriot : Surface-to-air missile.

Surface-to-surface missiles

• Jericho : Long-range, surface-to-surface, ballistic missile.