Israeli Air Force Aircraft Types

Aircraft Type Quantity Service Entry Retirement Origin Aerospatiale HH-65A Dolphin 2 1985 1997 USA Aerospatiale SA.321K Super Frelon 13 1966 1989 France Aerospatiale SA.342 Gazelle 2 1982 1985 captured Airspeed AS.65 Consul 15 1949 1959 UK Auster J/1 Autocrat & A.O.P.3/A.O.P.5 5/2/18 1947 ? Palestine/RAF Avia S 199 Mezek 25 1948 1949 Czechoslovakia Avro Anson I 8 1949 ? UK Beech 18 Expeditor ? ? ? USA Beech 35 Bonanza 3 1948 1956 South Africa Beech A36 Bonanza 24 2004 current USA Beech 80 Queen Air/ U-21 12 1974 2003 USA Beech Super King Air 200 25 1990 current USA Beech RC-12D/K 7 1985 current USA Bell 47G 15 1965 1971 USA Bell 205 64 1968 1991? USA/Italy Bell 206 JetRanger 53+ 1972 current USA Bell 206L LongRanger 6 1984 2003 USA Bell AH-1G/Q/E/F Hueycobra 12/24/30/110 1974 current USA Bell Twin Two-Twelve 62 1975 2002 USA Boeing 377 Stratocruiser/C-97/KC-97 14 1964 1978 USA Boeing 707 29 1973 current USA Boeing AH-64A Apache 42 1990 current USA Boeing AH-64D Longbow Apache 22 2005 current USA Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 4 1948 1958 USA Boeing F-15A/B Eagle 38/6 1976 current USA Boeing F-15C/D Eagle 18/12 1981 current USA Boeing F-15I Strike Eagle 25 1998 current USA Boeing-Stearman PT-17 Kaydet 50+ 1948 1955 USA Bristol Beaufighter 6 1948 1948 UK Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander 2 1973 1982 UK Cessna 172 2 1967 ? USA Cessna 180 Skywagon 2 1968 1982 USA Cessna U206 Super Skywagon 35 1968 1997 USA Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina 3 1950 1959 USA Curtiss C-46 Commando 9? 1948 1953 USA Dassault Mirage IIICJ/BJ 72/4 1962 1980 France Dassault Mystere IVA 60 1955 1971 France Dassault Ouragan 75 1955 1973 France Dassault Super Mystere B.2 & Sa'ar 36 1959 1976 France De Havilland DH.82C Tiger Moth 2 1947 1948 Palestine De Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide 5 1947 ? various De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito 84 1948 1956 UK/France De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk 1 1949 1950 Canada Dornier Do 27Q 39 1964 1981 Germany Dornier Do 28B-1 26? 1971 current Germany Douglas C-47 Dakota 34 1948 2001 USA Douglas C-54 Skymaster 2 1948 1948 USA Douglas DC-5 1 1948 1949 USA Eurocopter AS.565SA Panther 5 1996 current USA Fairchild F-24R Argus 4 1948 ? South Africa Fokker S.11 Instructor 41 1949 1954 Netherlands Fouga CM.170 Magister 126 1960 198? France/Germany GAC Gulfstream V/550 3/4 2005 current USA Gloster Meteor T.7 10? 1953 1970 UK/Belgium Gloster Meteor F.8 11 1953 1964 UK Gloster Meteor FR.9 7 1954 196? UK Gloster Meteor NF.13 6 1956 1964 UK Grob G.120A-I 17 2002 current Germany Grumman Model 44 Widgeon 2 1948 1948 USA Grumman E-2C Hawkeye 4 1978 1997 USA Grumman OV-1D Mohawk 2 1974 1982 USA HAL Dhruv 1 2005 current India Handley Page Herald 3 1967 1967 UK Heliopolis Gomhouria 1+ 1967 ? Egypt Hiller 360 2 1951 ? USA Hiller UH-4E 1? 1967 ? USA Hughes 500MD/500E Defender 30/6 1979 1997 USA IAI Arava 11 1973 2004 Israel IAI Kfir 202 1975 1999? Israel IAI Nesher S/T 51/10 1971 1981 Israel IAI 1124N Seascan 3 1978 current Israel IAI Tzukit 86 1981 current Israel IAI 1123 Westwind 2 1973 1978 Israel Lockheed Constellation 3 1948 1949 USA Lockheed Hudson 2 1948 1950 USA Lockheed Lodestar 2 1948 1950 Australia Lockheed-Martin C-130 Hercules 27 1971 current USA Lockheed-Martin F-16A/B Fighting Falcon 103/23 1980 current USA Lockheed-Martin F-16C/D Fighting Falcon 95/54 1987 current USA Lockheed-Martin F-16I Fighting Falcon 102 2004 current USA McDonnell Douglas A-4E Skyhawk 94 1971 19?? USA McDonnell Douglas A-4F Skyhawk 15 1973 19?? USA McDonnell Douglas A-4H Skyhawk 90 1968 19?? USA McDonnell Douglas A-4N Skyhawk 117 1972 current USA McDonnell Douglas TA-4F/H/J Skyhawk 4/10/17 1968 current USA McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II & Kurnass 2000 204 1969 2003 USA McDonnell Douglas RF-4E/RF-4X Phantom II 12/4 1969 2003 USA McDonnell Douglas RF-4C Phantom II 2 1970 1971 USA Mikoyan MiG-17 1+ 1968 ? defected Mikoyan MiG-21 1 1966 1967 defected Mikoyan MiG-23 1 1989 ? defected Mikoyan MiG-29 2 1997 1997 Poland Mil Mi-8 1+ 1973 ? captured Miles M.57 Aerovan 4 2 1948 ? UK Miles M.65 Gemini 1 1948 ? UK Noorduyn C-64A Norseman 17 1948 1950 USA Nord N.1203 Nor�crin 2 1948 ? France Nord N.2501 Noratlas 24 1955 1976 France/Germany North American P-51D Mustang 85 1948 1961 USA/Sweden/Italy North American T-6 Texan/Harvard 90 1948 ? USA/France Piaggio P.149D 3 1968 1972 Italy Pilatus PC-6 Turbo-Porter 2 1962 1973 Switzerland Piper PA-11-90 Cub 20 1948 1956+ USA Piper PA-18 Super Cub 100 1956 June 2003 USA Piper PA-20 Pacer ? 1955 ? USA Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer ? 1955 ? USA Republic RC-3 Seabee 1 1947 1948 USA RWD.13/RWD.15 2/1 1947 1948 Palestine Sikorsky S-55 6 1956 1960s USA Sikorsky S-58 31 1958 1968 USA Sikorsky S-65 53+ 1969 current USA Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk 49 1994 current USA SOCATA Rallye 893 1 1965 ? France SOCATA TB-20 Trinidad 22 1995 2005 France Sud Aviation Alouette II 15 1957 1983 France Sud Aviation SO.4050 Vautour IIA/IIBR/IIN 31 1957 April 1972 France Supermarine Spitfire 90 1948 1956 UK/Czech/Italy Taylorcraft Model BL 2 1947 ? Palestine Temco TE-1A Buckaroo 5 195? ? USA Vultee BT-13A Valiant 2 1948 ? USA Yakovlev Yak-11 1 1964 ? defected