<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Ngaphambi kweSherut Avir, igatsha lomoya leHaganah, i-Israeli Air Force yasungulwa ngokusemthethweni ngoMeyi 28, 1948, ngokushesha nje ngemva kokuba i-Israyeli imemezele ukuba yisizwe futhi yazithola ihlaselwa ngokushesha omakhelwane bayo abangama-Arabhu  <response>: . futhi. Ekuqaleni, yahlanganiswa iqoqo elixubile lezindiza zomphakathi ezazithathwe ngenkani noma zanikelwa futhi zaguqulwa ukuze zisetshenziswe ezempi. Izindiza ezahlukahlukene eziphelelwe yisikhathi nezisele zangaphambili zeMpi Yezwe II zathengwa ngokushesha ngezindlela ezahlukahlukene zombili ezisemthethweni nezingekho emthethweni ukufaka le mikhumbi. Umgogodla we-IAF wawunama-25 Avia S-199s athengwe eCzechoslovakia, ikakhulukazi iMesserschmitt Bf 109 eyakhiwe eCzechoslovak kanye nama-60 Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IXEs, owokuqala wabo, u-Israel 1 wahlanganiswa endaweni kusuka ezingxenyeni zokungcebeleka zaseBrithani ezilahliwe kanye nenjini etholwe kusuka e-Egyptian Spitfire ngeningi lezinye ezithengwe eCzechoslovakia. Amanye ama-spitfires ayethuthwa esuka esikhungweni se-Žatec esinegama elithi Zebra lapho abashayeli bezindiza nabo bathola khona ukuqeqeshwa kokuqala kokundiza, kanti amanye ayethuthwa olwandle. Ubuciko kanye nobuciko kwakuyizisekelo zokuqala zempumelelo yezempi yakwa-Israyeli emoyeni, kunobuchwepheshe obokuthi, ekuqaleni kwe-IAF, ngokuvamile kwakungaphansi kwalokhu okusetshenziswe izitha zika-Israyeli. Iningi labashayeli bezindiza bokuqala be-IAF ngo-1948 babengamavolontiya angaphandle amaJuda nabangemaJuda kanye nezingqalabutho zeMpi Yezwe II, ababefuna ukusebenzisana nomzabalazo wakwa-Israyeli wokuzimela. Ukuqala kokuthobeka kwe - IAF kwenza ukunqoba kwayo kokuqala emoyeni kwaba okuhlaba umxhwele futhi okuphawulekayo. 