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===Current inventory=== {| class="wikitable" ! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Aircraft ! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;"|Origin ! style="text-align:l center; background:#acc;"|Type ! style="text-align:left; background:#acc;"|Variant ! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|In service ! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;"|Notes |- ! colspan="6" style="align: center; background: lavender;" | [[Military aircraft#Combat aircraft|Combat aircraft]] |- | [[McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle|F-15 Eagle]] | rowspan="3" | [[United States]] | rowspan="3" | multirole | [[McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle#F-15A|F-15A]]/[[McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle#F-15C|C]] | rowspan="2" | 66<ref name="World Air Forces 2025">{{cite web |last=Hoyle |first=Craig |year=2024 |title=World Air Forces 2025 |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/download?ac=106507 |access-date=20 January 2025 |publisher=Flight Global |doi=}}</ref> | |- |[[McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle|F-15E Strike Eagle]] |[[McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle#F-15I|F-15I]] | |- |[[Boeing F-15EX Eagle II|F-15EX Eagle II]] |[[Boeing F-15EX Eagle II#F-15IA|F-15IA]] | |25 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2025"/> |- | [[General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon|F-16 Fighting Falcon]] | United States |[[Multirole combat aircraft|multirole]] | [[General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon variants#F-16C/D|F-16C]]/[[General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon variants#F-16I Sufa|I]] | 174<ref name="World Air Forces 2025"/> | |- | [[Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II|F-35 Lightning II]] | United States |[[Stealth aircraft|stealth]] multirole | [[Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II#F-35I "Adir"|F-35I]] | 45<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Times of Israel |first=Times of Israel |title=Three new F-35I fighter jets land at Nevatim Airbase, bringing IAF F-35 fleet to 45 |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/three-new-f-35i-fighter-jets-land-at-nevatim-airbase-bringing-iaf-f-35-fleet-to-45/ |access-date=2025-04-25 |website=www.timesofisrael.com |language=en-US}}</ref> | 30 on order<ref name=":0" /> |- ! colspan="6" style="align: center; background: lavender;" | [[Airborne early warning and control|AEW&C]] |- |[[Boeing 707#Military versions|Boeing 707]] | United States / Israel | AEW&C |[[EL/M-2075 Phalcon]] |2<ref name="2019a">{{cite journal| author=International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)| author-link=International Institute for Strategic Studies| title=The Military Balance 2019| journal=The Military Balance| volume=119| date=14 February 2019| language=en}}</ref> |modified with [[Active electronically scanned array|AESA]] radar |- | [[Gulfstream G550]] | United States | AEW&C | [[Gulfstream G550#Variants|CAEW]] |2<ref name="World Air Forces 2025"/> | equipped with the [[IAI EL/W-2085]] radar.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://mobiledevdesign.com/news/israel-receive-first-three-eitam-aew-aircraft |title= Israel to receive the first of three Eitam AEW aircraft |publisher= mobiledevdesign.com |date= |access-date= 17 June 2017 |archive-date= April 12, 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220412005230/http://mobiledevdesign.com/news/israel-receive-first-three-eitam-aew-aircraft |url-status= live }}</ref> 1 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2025"/> |- ! colspan="6" style="align: center; background: lavender;" | [[Reconnaissance aircraft|Reconnaissance]] |- | [[Beechcraft Super King Air|Super King Air]] | United States | [[signals intelligence|SIGINT]] / [[Signals intelligence#Electronic signals intelligence|ELINT]] | [[Beechcraft Super King Air#Variants|B200]] | 13<ref name="World Air Forces 2025"/> | |- | [[Gulfstream G550]] | United States | [[Signals intelligence|SIGINT]] / [[Surveillance aircraft|surveillance]] | {{tooltip|2=Special Electronic Missions Aircraft|[[Gulfstream G550#Variants|SEMA]]}} |4<ref name="World Air Forces 2025"/> |1 used for reconnaissance<ref name="World Air Forces 2025"/> |- ! colspan="6" style="align: center; background: lavender;" | [[Aerial refueling|Tanker]] |- | [[Boeing 707]] | United States | aerial refueling | | 7<ref name="World Air Forces 2025"/> | |- | [[Boeing KC-46 Pegasus|KC-46 Pegasus]] | United States | [[aerial refueling]] / [[Military transport aircraft|transport]] | | | 8 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2025"/> |- | [[Lockheed Martin KC-130|KC-130 Hercules]] | United States | aerial refueling / transport | [[Lockheed Martin KC-130#Variants|KC-130H]] |7<ref name="World Air Forces 2025"/> | |- ! colspan="6" style="align: center; background: lavender;" | [[Military transport aircraft|Transport]] |- | [[Beechcraft Super King Air|Super King Air]] | United States | [[Utility aircraft|utility]] / transport | [[Beechcraft Super King Air#Model B200|B200]] | 5<ref name="World Air Forces 2025"/> | two provide multi-engine training |- | [[Lockheed C-130 Hercules|C-130 Hercules]] | United States | transport / [[Search and rescue|SAR]] |[[Lockheed C-130 Hercules#Variants|C-130E/H]] | 1<ref name="World Air Forces 2025"/> | |- | [[Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules|C-130J Super Hercules]] | United States |[[Airlift#Tactical airlift|tactical airlift]] | [[Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules#Variants|C-130J-30]] | 7<ref name="World Air Forces 2025"/> | |- ! colspan="6" style="align: center; background: lavender;" | [[Military helicopter|Helicopters]] |- | [[Bell 206]] | United States |[[Utility helicopter|utility]] | | 4<ref name="World Air Forces 2025"/> | |- |[[Boeing AH-64 Apache|AH-64 Apache]] | United States |[[Attack helicopter|attack]] ||[[Boeing AH-64 Apache#AH-64A|AH-64A]]/[[Boeing AH-64 Apache#AH-64D|D]] |48<ref name="World Air Forces 2025"/> | |- |[[Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk|Sikorsky UH-60]] | United States |utility ||[[Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk#Utility variants|UH-60A/L]] |49<ref name="World Air Forces 2025"/> | 1 crashed in 2024<ref>{{cite web |title=2 soldiers killed, several wounded in helicopter crash in south Gaza |website=[[The Times of Israel]] |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/2-soldiers-killed-several-wounded-in-helicopter-crash-in-south-gaza/}}</ref> |- |[[Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion|Sikorsky CH-53]] | United States |[[Military transport helicopter|heavy lift]] |[[Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion#Variants|S-65C-3]] |22<ref name="World Air Forces 2025"/> |12 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2025"/> |- |[[Eurocopter AS565 Panther|Eurocopter AS565]] | [[France]] | [[Search and rescue|SAR]] | |4<ref name="World Air Forces 2025"/> | operated by the [[Israeli Navy]] |- ! colspan="6" style="align: center; background: lavender;" | [[Trainer (aircraft)|Trainer aircraft]] |- | [[Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master|M-346 Lavi]] | [[Italy]] | advanced trainer | | 30<ref name="World Air Forces 2025"/> | |- | [[McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle|F-15 Eagle]] | United States |conversion trainer | [[McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle#Variants|F-15 B/D]] | 21<ref name="World Air Forces 2025"/> | |- | [[General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon|F-16 Fighting Falcon]] | United States | conversion trainer | [[General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon variants#F-16C/D|F-16D]] | 49<ref name="World Air Forces 2025"/> | |- |[[Bell OH-58 Kiowa|Bell OH-58]] |Italy |[[Helicopter|rotorcraft]] trainer | |18<ref name="World Air Forces 2025"/> | |- | [[Beechcraft T-6 Texan II|T-6 Texan II]] | United States | intermediate trainer | [[Beechcraft T-6 Texan II#Variants|T-6A]] | 20<ref name="World Air Forces 2025"/> | |- | [[Grob G 120]] | [[Germany]] |basic trainer | [[Grob G 120#Variants|G 120A]] |16<ref name="World Air Forces 2025"/> | |- |[[AgustaWestland AW119 Koala|AgustaWestland AW119]] |Italy |[[Helicopter|rotorcraft]] trainer | |1<ref name="World Air Forces 2025"/> |12 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2025"/> |- ! colspan="6" style="align: center; background: lavender;" | [[Unmanned aerial vehicle|UAV]] |- |[[IAI Eitan]]<ref name= "IISS">{{Citation | title = The Military Balance 2018 | page = 342 | publisher = [[International Institute for Strategic Studies]] | date = April 14, 2018}}.</ref> | Israel |surveillance |Heron-TP | |[[Medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle|MALE]] |- |[[IAI Heron]]<ref name="IISS" /> | Israel |surveillance |Heron-1 | |[[Medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle|MALE]] |- |[[Hermes 900]]<ref name="IISS" /> | Israel |surveillance | | |[[Medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle|MALE]] |- |[[Elbit Hermes 450|Hermes 450]]<ref name="IISS" /> | Israel |surveillance | | |tactical |- |[[Aeronautics Defense Orbiter|Orbiter 4]] | Israel |surveillance | | |tactical |} {{Gallery | height = 160 | align = center |File:IAF-F-35I-and-F-16I--Sufa--cropped-nf.jpg|An F-16I "Sufa" in flight |File:Ah-64d.jpg|The Israeli AH-64D "Saraf" |File:IAF-F-35I-2016-12-13_(cropped).jpg|The F-35I "Adir's" first flight in Israel |File:Hatzerim 270613 Blackhawk (remix) copy.jpg|An Israeli UH-60 Yanshuf |File:IAF - Operation New Order - 05.jpg|An F-15I "Ra'am" taking-off |File:120516 Independence Flypast Hercules 02 (crpped).jpg|A C-130J Shimshon during [[Independence Day (Israel)|Israel's 68th Independence Day]] }}
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