Jan J. Safarik: Air Aces Home Page

NAME VICTORIES PLANE AIRFORCE AIRFORCE COMMENTS unknown 1 F-16I IASF 1. unknown (Nav/WSO) 1 F-16I IASF 1. unknown 1 F-16D IASF 201 Tayeset 2. unknown (Nav/WSO) 1 F-16D IASF 201 Tayeset 2. unknown 1 F-16C IASF 117 Tayeset 3. unknown 1 F-15 ? F-16 IASF 4. unknown 1 AH-64 IASF 5. unknown (Nav/WSO) 1 AH-64 IASF 5. unknown 1 F-15 ? F-16 IASF 6. unknown 1 F-15I IASF 7. unknown (Nav/WSO) 1 F-15I IASF 7. unknown 1 F-35 ISAF 8. unknown 1 F-35 ISAF 8. unknown 1 F-16 IASF 9. unknown 1 F-15 ? F-16 IASF 10. unknown 1 F-15I IASF 11. unknown (Nav/WSO) 1 F-15I IASF 11. unknown 1 F-15 ? F-16 IASF 12. unknown 1 U F-15 IASF 13. unknown 1 U F-15 IASF 13.

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IASF : Israel Air and Space Force (זרוע האויר והחלל / Zroa HaAvir VeHaḤalal)
U : Unconfirmed
UAV : Unmanned Air Vehicle

An Israel Air Force warplane on Thursday December 16th 2010 shot down an apparently unmanned balloon that flew over the Dimona nuclear reactor.
The Israeli Air Force shot down an unidentified aerial vehicle that penetrated Israel's airspace on Saturday October 6th 2012. IDF forces shot down the drone over the Negev, south of Mount Hebron.
At around 1.30 PM local time on Apr. 25, 2013, the Israeli Air Force (F-16D Block 52, 99-9413/YD-64, No. 844, 201 Tayeset) shot down an UAV (unmamned aerial vehicle) from Lebanon over the sea off Haifa, in norther Israel. An F-16C Block 30A (87-1661/4J-16, No. 340, 117 Tayeset) intercepted and downed the drone whose remains fell into the sea, at approximately 10 kilometers from the coastline, withinin Israel’s territorial waters, where Israeli warships are currently searching for debris.
23 February 2017. An IDF fighter jet shoots down a Hamas drone flying from the Gaza Strip toward the Mediterranean Sea, the army says.
At 4:30 am on 10 February 2018, an Israeli AH-64 Apache helicopter shot down an Iranian produced copy of the RQ-170 drone (Saegheh (UAV)) near the northern town of Beit Shean. The Iranian drone was sighted taking off from a base in Syria, flew along the Jordanian border, and was intercepted 90 seconds after crossing the Israeli border.
29 October 2019. Israeli fighter jets shot down a drone that was flying at an “irregular altitude” over the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the Israel Defense Forces said.
27 February 2020. The UAV was flying at 1,700 feet, five to eight miles off the coast, when it was hit by an Israeli F-15 jet just before 11 a.m., the army said.
The first Iranian UAV was detected by Israeli sensors at 1:50 AM on March 13, 2021, approaching Israel from the south. The second UAV was detected at 2.12 AM, approaching Israel from the east. Minutes later, both Iranian-launched drones were shot down by Israeli Air Force (IAF) F-35s, the first acknowledged operational air-to-air kill for the fifth-generation fighter.
13 May 2021, The IDF says its air defenses have shot down a Hamas drone that crossed into Israel. “The airforce tracked the drone until it was downed,” the army says. The incident comes a day after an F-16 shot down an armed Hamas “suicide drone” that tried to enter Israeli airspace.
14 May 2021, The IDF says its air defenses have shot down a Hamas drone that crossed into Israel. “The airforce tracked the drone until it was downed,” the army says. The incident comes a day after an F-16 shot down an armed Hamas “suicide drone” that tried to enter Israeli airspace.
16 May 2021.
18 May 2021. At roughly 4 a.m. on Tuesday, the Israeli Air Force downed the drone as it approached the Israeli border from Jordan.
Two Israeli F-15Cs reportedly shot down two MiG-29As on 2 June 1989 under unclear circumstances.

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