Israeli Air Force Museum
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The Israeli Air Force Museum is located at Hatzerim Airbase in the Negev 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 and foreign aircraft, as well as anti aircraft arms.
Aircraft on display
[edit]Israeli air force aircraft
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Foreign Types
[edit]- 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 - Former Chilean example (J-747, ex-XF445), liveried as Royal Jordanian Air Force aircraft.[1]
- Grumman TBM-3E Avenger - BuNo. 69355
- MiG-15 - former Polish aircraft, bearing Egyptian livery.
- MiG-17
- MiG-21 - #007, liveried as Operation Diamond 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[2]
Partial remains
[edit]- Bristol Beaufighter - remains of Israeli aircraft shot down 1948, retrieved 1994.
- De Havilland Mosquito
- Hiller 360
- MiG-17 - remains of Syrian aircraft shot down over the Sea of Galilee in 1966
- MiG-19 - Tail of Egyptian aircraft shot down in 1967
- Noorduyn Norseman
- Sukhoi Su-7 - Tail of Egyptian aircraft shot down during Yom Kippur War
- Tupolev Tu-16 - remains of Iraqi aircraft shot down in 1967
Anti Aircraft Weapons
[edit]Anti Aircraft Artillery
[edit]Missiles and AA systems
[edit]- SA-2 Guideline - mobile launcher
- SA-2 Guideline - static launcher
Other Vehicles
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Griffin, David J. (2006). Hawker Hunter 1951 to 2007. Lulu.com. p. 273. ISBN 9781430305934.
- ^ "Mi-24D 4010 : Mil Mi-24D". www.armedconflicts.com. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
Bibliography
[edit]- Warnes, Alan (March–April 1999). "Hatzerim Album: Spitfires and Meteors at the Israeli Defence Force Museum". Air Enthusiast (80): 76–77. ISSN 0143-5450.
External links
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