Entry Into service
1976-01-01
Maximum Take-Off Weight
16.5 t (paragliders: kg)
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| Aircraft |
Maximum Take-Off Weight (t (paragliders: kg)) |
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IAI Kfir |
16.5 |
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- Name
- IAI Kfir
- Manufacturer
- Israeli Aircraft Industries
- Description
- The Israel Aircraft Industries Kfir () is an Israeli all-weather multirole combat aircraft based on the French Dassault Mirage 5, with Israeli avionics and an Israeli license-built version of the General Electric J79 turbojet engine (J79-J1E).
- ICAO Code
- KFIR
- First Flight
- 1973-06-01
- Entry Into service
- 1976-01-01
- Designer
- Israeli Aircraft Industries
- Type
- Fighter-bomber, multirole combat aircraft
- Length (m)
- 15.65
- Height (m)
- 4.55
- Cockpit Crew
- 1
- Max Speed (km/h)
- 2440
- Max Ceiling (m)
- 17680
- Rate of Climb (m/s)
- 233
- Armament
- 2× Rafael-built 30 mm (1.18 in) DEFA 553 cannon with 140 rpg; 9390 kg of payload on nine external hardpoints, including bombs such as the Mark 80 series, Paveway series of LGBs, Griffin LGBs, SMKBs, CBU-100 Rockeyes, BLU-107 Matra Durandal, reconnaissance pods or drop tanks; FFAR and Zuni unguided air-to-ground rockets; 4× AIM-9 Sidewinders or Python-series AAMs
- Max Mach (Mach)
- 2.3
- National Origin
- Israel
- Number Built
- 220
- Powerplant Description
- 1 × IAl Bedek-built General Electric J79-J1E turbojet, 52.9 kN thrust each
- Primary Users
- Israeli Air Force (historical), United States Navy (historical) , Colombian Aerospace Force , Sri Lanka Air Force
- Status
- In service with Colombia and Sri Lanka
- Wikipedia Article (URL)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAI_Kfir
- Flat Wing Span (m)
- 8.22
- Flat Wing Area (m²)
- 34.8
- Wake Category
- M
- Aircraft Engine
- General Electric J79
- Number of Engines
- 1