The Israeli Air Force Museum is located at Hatzerim Airbase in the

Negev The Negev or Negeb (; he, הַנֶּגֶב, hanNegév; ar, ٱلنَّقَب, an-Naqab) is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The region's largest city and administrative capital is Beersheba (pop. ), in the north. At its southe ...

desert. The museum was established in 1977 and has been open to the public since 1991. The museum displays a variety of

Israeli Air Force The Israeli Air Force (IAF; he, זְרוֹעַ הָאֲוִיר וְהֶחָלָל, Zroa HaAvir VeHahalal, tl, "Air and Space Arm", commonly known as , ''Kheil HaAvir'', "Air Corps") operates as the aerial warfare branch of the Israel Defense ...

and foreign aircraft, as well as anti aircraft arms.

Aircraft on display

Israeli air force aircraft

* Aérospatiale Alouette II * Aerospatiale Super Frelon * Aerospatiale Super Frelon * Augusta / Bell UH-1 - #002 * Augusta / Bell UH-1 - #026 *

Avia S-199 The Avia S-199 is a propeller-driven Messerschmitt Bf 109G-based fighter aircraft built after World War II utilizing the Bf 109G airframe and a Junkers Jumo 211F engine in place of the original and unavailable Daimler-Benz DB 605 engine. It is ...

* Beechcraft Queen Air * Bell AH-1G Cobra * Bell AH-1 Cobra *

Bell 206 The Bell 206 is a family of two-bladed, single- and twin-engined helicopters, manufactured by Bell Helicopter at its Mirabel, Quebec, plant. Originally developed as the Bell YOH-4 for the United States Army's Light Observation Helicopter progra ...

Boeing KC-97 The Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter is a four-engined, piston-powered United States strategic tanker aircraft based on the Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter. It replaced the KB-29 and was succeeded by the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker. Design and developme ...

- #039 ''Masada'' * Boeing KC-97 *

Boeing 707 The Boeing 707 is an American, long-range, narrow-body airliner, the first jetliner developed and produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Developed from the Boeing 367-80 prototype first flown in 1954, the initial first flew on December 20, ...

- Operation Thunderbolt flying command post * Boeing 707 - radar testbed *

Boeing-Stearman Kaydet The Stearman (Boeing) Model 75 is a biplane formerly used as a military trainer aircraft, of which at least 10,626 were built in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s. Stearman Aircraft became a subsidiary of Boeing in 1934. Widely known ...

- maintained in airworthy condition * Britten Norman Islander *

Cessna 172 The Cessna 172 Skyhawk is an American four-seat, single-engine, high wing, fixed-wing aircraft made by the Cessna Aircraft Company.

* Consolidated PBY Catalina * Dassault Mirage III - #158 * Dassault Mirage III - #159, Re-acquired from Argentina * Dassault Mystere IV * Dassault Mystere IV - #60 * Dassault Ouragan - #49 * Dassault Ouragan - #80 *

Dassault Super Mystere Dassault Group (; also GIM Dassault or Groupe Industriel Marcel Dassault SAS) is a French group of companies established in 1929 with the creation of Société des Avions Marcel Bloch (now Dassault Aviation) by Marcel Dassault, and led by son Ser ...

* De Havilland Dragon Rapide *

De Havilland Tiger Moth The de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth is a 1930s British biplane designed by Geoffrey de Havilland and built by the de Havilland Aircraft Company. It was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and other operators as a primary trainer aircraft. ...

Dornier Do 27 The Dornier Do 27 is a German single-engine STOL utility aircraft that was designed and manufactured by Dornier GmbH (later DASA Dornier and Fairchild-Dornier). It was notable for being the first mass-produced aircraft in Germany following the ...

* Dornier Do 28 *

Douglas DC-3 The Douglas DC-3 is a propeller-driven airliner manufactured by Douglas Aircraft Company, which had a lasting effect on the airline industry in the 1930s to 1940s and World War II. It was developed as a larger, improved 14-bed sleeper version ...

- #038 *

Fokker S-11 The Fokker S-11 Instructor is a single-engine two-seater propeller aircraft designed and manufactured by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker. History One of the first activities undertaken by Fokker after World War II was the design of a new ...

* Fouga Magister * Fouga Magister - IAI Tzukit variant *

General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is a single-engine Multirole combat aircraft, multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force (USAF). Designed as an air superiority day fighter, it ...

- #107 with 6.5 kill markings * Gloster Meteor - #06 * Gloster Meteor - Gate guard * Gloster Meteor - NF-13 Variant * Gloster Meteor - NF-13 Variant * Gloster Meteor - #15 * Gloster Meteor - #18 * Grumman E-2C - #944 *

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IAI Arava The Israeli Aircraft Industries Arava ( he, עֲרָבָה, "Willow" or "Steppe" of "Desert", named after the Aravah of the Jordan Rift Valley) is a light STOL utility transport aircraft developed and produced by Israeli aerospace company Israe ...

- #203 * IAI Kfir - #712 * IAI Kfir TC - #988, modified Mirage IIIB * IAI Kfir - #529, gate guard * IAI Kfir - #451 ''Prism'' reconnaissance variant * IAI Kfir - #310, TC-2 variant *

IAI Lavi The IAI Lavi (Hebrew: לביא, "Young Lion") was a single-engined fourth-generation multirole jet fighter developed in Israel, by Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI), during the 1980s. The decision to develop the Lavi was controversial, both with ...

* IAI Nesher *

IAI Westwind The IAI Westwind is a business jet initially produced by Aero Commander as the 1121 Jet Commander. Powered by twin GE CJ610 turbojets, it first flew on January 27, 1963, and received its type certification on November 4, 1964, before the first ...

- modified testbed aircraft *

McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawk The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk is a single-seat subsonic carrier-capable light attack aircraft developed for the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps in the early 1950s. The delta-winged, single turbojet engined Skyhawk was designed an ...

McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is an American twin-engine, all-weather tactical fighter aircraft designed by McDonnell Douglas (now part of Boeing). Following reviews of proposals, the United States Air Force selected McDonnell Douglas's ...

* McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II - #323 * McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II - transparent panels display aircraft interior * McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II - #498, F-4E(S) reconnaissance aircraft * McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II - Kurnass 2000 #614 * McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II - #229 ''Super Phantom'' * McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II - #297, Manat test aircraft * McDonnell Douglas RF-4E Phantom II - #485 *

North American Harvard The North American Aviation T-6 Texan is an American single-engined advanced trainer aircraft used to train pilots of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), United States Navy, Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force and other air forces ...

- #14 * North American Harvard - #001, maintained in airworthy condition *

North American P-51D Mustang Over twenty variants of the North American P-51 Mustang fighter were produced from 1940, when it first flew, to after World War II, some of which were employed also in the Korean War and in several other conflicts. Allison-engined Mustangs NA ...

* North American P-51D Mustang * Nord Noratlas - #045, 4X-FAE * Pilatus PC-6 * Piper Super Cub * Republic RC-3 Seabee * Sikorsky CH-53 - #471 * Sikorsky S-55 - #03 *

Sikorsky S-58 The Sikorsky H-34 "Choctaw" (company designation S-58) is an American piston-engined military helicopter originally designed by Sikorsky as an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft for the United States Navy. It has seen extended use when ad ...

- #07 *

SOCATA Trinidad The Socata TB is a series of light single engine piston aircraft developed and manufactured by French aircraft company Daher-Socata, SOCATA. The letters TB within the designation stands for Tarbes, the French city where the aircraft is manufactu ...

Sud-Ouest Vautour The Sud-Ouest Aviation (SNCASO) S.O. 4050 Vautour II (French for ''vulture'') was a French jet-powered bomber, interceptor, and attack aircraft developed and manufactured by aircraft company Sud Aviation. The Vautour was operated by France's '' ...

- #09 ''Hamashhit'' (''Defiler'') * Sud-Ouest Vautour - #33 ''Big Brother'' * Sud-Ouest Vautour - #70 ''Phantomas'' *

Supermarine Spitfire The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World War II. Many variants of the Spitfire were built, from the Mk 1 to the Rolls-Royce Grif ...

- LF Mk.IXe TE554, ''The Black Spitfire'', former Israeli Air Force 20–57, maintained in airworthy condition * Supermarine Spitfire - LF Mk.IXe SL653, former Israeli Air Force 20-28 * Supermarine Spitfire - F Mk.IXe EN145, former Israeli Air Force 20-78 * Taylorcraft Auster

Foreign Types

* Aerospatiale Gazelle - Former Syrian aircraft, captured 1982. * De Havilland Vampire - liveried as Lebanese Air Force aircraft * De Havilland Venom - liveried as Iraqi Air Force aircraft *

Hawker Hunter The Hawker Hunter is a transonic British jet-powered fighter aircraft that was developed by Hawker Aircraft for the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the late 1940s and early 1950s. It was designed to take advantage of the newly developed Rolls-R ...

- Former Chilean example (J-747, ex-XF445), liveried as

Royal Jordanian Air Force The Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF; ar, سلاح الجو الملكي الأردني, Silāḥ ul-Jawu al-Malakī 'al-Urdunī) is the aerial warfare branch of the Jordanian Armed Forces. History Early days Jordan gained independence in 19 ...

aircraft. * Grumman TBM-3E Avenger - BuNo. 69355 * MiG-15 - former Polish aircraft, bearing Egyptian livery. * MiG-17 * MiG-21 - #007, liveried as

Operation Diamond Operation Diamond ( he, מִבְצָע יַהֲלוֹם, ''Mivtza Yahalom'') was an operation undertaken by Mossad. Its goal was the acquisition of a Soviet-built Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21, the most advanced Soviet fighter plane at that time. The op ...

aircraft * MiG-21 - #339, two seat variant, acquired 2011 from IAI via Romania. ex Madagascar AF aircraft. * MiG-23 - Former Syrian aircraft, defected 1989. * Mil Mi-24 - #4010, Acquired 2004

Partial remains

Bristol Beaufighter The Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter (often called the Beau) is a British multi-role aircraft developed during the Second World War by the Bristol Aeroplane Company. It was originally conceived as a heavy fighter variant of the Bristol Beaufort ...

- remains of Israeli aircraft shot down 1948, retrieved 1994. *

De Havilland Mosquito The de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito is a British twin-engined, shoulder-winged, multirole combat aircraft, introduced during the Second World War. Unusual in that its frame was constructed mostly of wood, it was nicknamed the "Wooden Wonder", or ...

* Hiller 360 * MiG-17 - remains of Syrian aircraft shot down over the

Sea of Galilee The Sea of Galilee ( he, יָם כִּנֶּרֶת, Judeo-Aramaic: יַמּא דטבריא, גִּנֵּיסַר, ar, بحيرة طبريا), also called Lake Tiberias, Kinneret or Kinnereth, is a freshwater lake in Israel. It is the lowest ...

in 1966 * MiG-19 - Tail of Egyptian aircraft shot down in 1967 *

Noorduyn Norseman The Noorduyn Norseman, also known as the C-64 Norseman, is a Canadian single-engine bush plane designed to operate from unimproved surfaces. Distinctive stubby landing gear protrusions from the lower fuselage make it easily recognizable. Intro ...

Sukhoi Su-7 The Sukhoi Su-7 ( NATO designation name: Fitter-A) is a swept wing, supersonic fighter aircraft developed by the Soviet Union in 1955. Originally, it was designed as a tactical, low-level dogfighter, but was not successful in this role. On the ...

- Tail of Egyptian aircraft shot down during

Yom Kippur War The Yom Kippur War, also known as the Ramadan War, the October War, the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, or the Fourth Arab–Israeli War, was an armed conflict fought from October 6 to 25, 1973 between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egy ...

* Tupolev Tu-16 - remains of Iraqi aircraft shot down in 1967

Anti Aircraft Weapons

Anti Aircraft Artillery

M163 VADS The M163 Vulcan Air Defense System (VADS) is a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG) that was used by the United States Army. The M168 gun is a variant of the General Dynamics M61 Vulcan rotary cannon, the standard cannon in most U.S. combat ...

* MIM-72 Chaparral *

ZSU-23-4 Shilka The ZSU-23-4 "Shilka" is a lightly armored Soviet self-propelled, radar-guided anti-aircraft weapon system (SPAAG). Etymology The acronym "ZSU" stands for ''Zenitnaya Samokhodnaya Ustanovka'' (russian: Зенитная Самоходная Ус ...

* ZSU-57-2

Missiles and AA systems

* SA-2 Guideline - mobile launcher * SA-2 Guideline - static launcher

Other Vehicles

* Plymouth Valiant * Citroën 2CV *

ZIL-157 The ZIL-157 is a general-purpose -ton 6×6 truck, produced at the Lichachev plant in the Soviet Union from 1958 to 1977, when production was transferred to the Amur plant, since the Lichachev plant wanted to focus more on modern trucks, such as ...

* Willys M38A1

References

Bibliography

External links

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