Active service aircraft in 2006
Bellow are the IDF's active service aircrfat. The year of service, maximum speed, range, and armament or passengers are in parentheses.
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Fighter aircraft
* A-4 Skyhawk (1967; 1,170 km/h; 3,540 km; two 30mm cannons, missiles, and bombs)
* F-15 Eagle (1976; Mach 2.5; 3,450 km; one 20mm cannon, missiles, and bombs)
* F-16 Falcon (1980; over Mach 2; 3,200 km; one 20mm cannon, missiles, and bombs)
* F15I (1998; Mach 2.5; 4,450 km; one 20mm cannon, missiles, and bombs)
* F-16I (2004; over Mach 2; 4,200 km; one 20mm cannon, missiles, and bombs)
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Transport planes
* C-130 Hercules (1971; 620 km/h; 7,880 km; 92 passengers)
* Boeing 707 (1973; 1,000 km/h; 9,900 km; 190 passengers)
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Attack helicopters
* AH-1 Cobra (1976; 230 km/h; 510 km; one 20mm cannnon; eight TOW missiles, rockets)
* AH-64 Apache (1990; 365 km/h; 690 km; one 30mm cannon; sixteen hellfire missiles)
* AH-64D Apache (2005; 365 km/h; 690 km; one 30mm cannon; sixteen hellfire-II missiles)
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Transport helicopters
* CH-53 Sea Stallion (1969; 315 km/h, 1,640 km; 55 passengers)
* Bell 206 (1971; 205 km/h; 580 km; 5 passengers)
* Bell 212 (1975; 250 km/h; 420 km; 14 passengers)
* UH-60 Black Hawk (1994; 360 km/h; 1,630 km; 22 passengers)