Kfir & Nesher: What To Know Of The Israeli Copies Of The French Mirage

In the 1980s and 1990s, Israel developed the IAI Lavi (an aircraft based on the American F-16). But this wasn’t the first time Israel has produced its own domesticated aircraft. Israel has produced the IAI Kfir and the IAI Nesher, derived from the French Mirage V. France was Israel’s main arms supplier during the 1950s and early 1960s.