World Air Force Chronicle: Israeli Air Force

Israel Air Force (IAF; Hebrew:זרוע האויר והחלל; Pronunciation: Zroa HaAvir VeHaHalal, "Air and Space Force") is the Air Force of the Israel Defense Forces.

Flag of the Israeli Air Force

commander
commander in chief	Aluf Amir Eshel

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The Israeli Air Force has about 34,000 active personnel, about 55,000 air force reservists, and more than 750 aircraft of various types.

Current list of equipment types:

Models	Producer	type	Model	In-service[6]	remark
Beechcraft Bonanza	United States	Trainer	A36 "Hofit"	18
Beechcraft King Air	United States	Multi-purpose transport aircraft Scouts	King Air 200 RC-12D RC-12K	23 5 2
Bell AH-1 Cobra	United States	Attack helicopters	AH-1E "Tzefa" AH-1F AH-1G AH-1S	10 9 5 25
Bell OH-58 Kiowa	United States	Reconnaissance helicopters	OH-58D	7
Boeing AH-64 Apache	United States	Attack helicopters	AH-64A "Peten" AH-64D "Saraph"	26 22
Boeing 707	United States	transport Special tasks Refuel in the air Early warning aircraft in the air	707-300 "Re'em"	10	One was converted into an early warning aircraft in the air The tanker section will be replaced by 8 KC-46 tankers
Boeing F-15 Hawk fighter[7]	United States	fighter plane	F-15A "Baz" F-15B F-15C F-15D	16 6 17 19
Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle[8]	United States	fighter plane	F-15I "Ra'am"	25 (ordered 25[9])
Dornier Do 28	Germany	Multi-purpose aircraft	12
Fouga Teacher (Fouga Magister)	Israel	Trainer	CM 170 "Tzukit"	40	built by AMIT
M-346	Italy	Advanced trainers	Life	30
Grob G 120	Germany	Trainer	Grob G 120A	7
Bell 206	United States	Multi-purpose helicopter Helicopter trainer	6
Gulfstream V-shaped	United States	Summit transport aircraft	G550	2
Gulfstream V-shaped	United States	Early warning aircraft in the air Scouts	G550	2 3	Equipped with IAI EL/ W-2085 radar Equipped with IAI EL / I-3001 system
Lockheed C-130 Hercules	United States	Tactical transport aircraft	C-130E "Qarnaf" C-130H "Qarnaf" KC-130H C-130J	8 6 4 7 Order
Lockheed F-16 Falcon	United States	fighter plane	F-16C F-16D F-16I "Sufa"	78 49 97	Israel decommissioned all F-16 A/Bs in 2016 with a total of 90 F-16 A/Bs, and the Israeli Air Force F-16C/D was upgraded to "Barak 2020".[10]
F-35 Lightning II fighter	United States	fighter plane	F-35I	33[11]	Total Orders50[12]
Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion	United States	Transport helicopters	CH-53A CH-53D "Yas'ur 2000"	7 32
Sikorsky S-70	United States	Transport helicopters	S-70A "Yanshuf" UH-60A/L SH-60F	39 10 8 ordered

(1) Fixed-wing aircraft

• Grob G 120 – Hebrew name: "Snunit" (swallow)
• Israel Aerospace Industry IAI Westwind – Hebrew name: "Shahaf" (Seagull)
• EADS Socata SOcata SOcata TB – Hebrew name: "Pashosh"

(2) Drones

• Israeli Aerospace Industry Searcher reconnaissance aircraft
• Israeli aerospace industry Hermes 900
• Israeli aerospace industry Hubby drones
• Israeli aerospace industry Harrop suicide drone

(3) Helicopters

• French aerospace company HH-65 Dolphin
• Eurocopter AS 565 Panther - Hebrew name: "Atale Bat"

(4) Missiles

• Raphael Advanced Defense Systems, Inc. Iron Dome Systems
• Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, Inc. Catapult System
• RAPHAEL Advanced Defense Systems, Inc. SPIDER SYSTEM
• Arrow Israeli missile system for the Israeli space industry
• The Israeli aerospace industry, Jericho I, II and III, is equipped with nuclear warheads.
• General Dynamics FIM-92 felting pin
• Raytheon MIM-23 Hawk missile
• Raytheon MIM-104 Patriot missile

(5) Space system

• AMOS (Satellite) (1, 2) - Communication Satellite
• EROS (Satellite) (A, B) - Earth Observation Satellite
• Ofeq (satellite) (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) - reconnaissance satellite
• Shavit (satellite) - launch vehicle

Air Force uses airports and air terminals:

Ben Gurion International Airport Hozlen Air Force Base Xiazo Air Base Megiddo Airport Nevating Air Force Base Avda International Airport

Paramacin Air Base Ramat David Air Base Ramon Air Force Base Setov base Sedot Mikha Air Base Telanov Air Base