The IAF aerobatic team (English IAF Aerobatic Team ) is the aerobatic team of the Israeli Air Force . Until the summer of 2010, the team flew the IAI Tzukit, a variant of the French Fouga Magister built under license by Israel Aerospace Industries . Since then, the team has operated four Beechcraft T-6 aircraft (No. 478, No. 484, No. 493 and No. 494).
The team typically flies demonstrations at the IAF Aviation Academy graduation ceremony and on Israel's Independence Day. The team is based at the Chazerim military airfield . Its pilots are active instructors at the local flight school.
Ido Nehuschtan , a former Israeli Air Force commander, was a member of the team.
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The Zukit, a jet trainer , was used for the selection and training of the cadets in the IAF flight academy. It was a modified version of the French Fouga Magister that the IAF had served in the training role since 1960. The Fouga Magister also flew limited missions fighting the Egyptian and Jordanian forces during the 1967 Six Day War . Some planes were shot down by enemy fire.
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