<prompt> Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Yakatangira naSherut Avir, bapiro remhepo reHaganah, Mauto Emhepo eIsrael akaumbwa zviri pamutemo musi waMay 28, 1948, nguva pfupi pashure pokunge Israeri yazivisa kuva nyika uye yakazviwana iri pasi pekurwiswa nokukurumidza kubva kuvavakidzani vayo vechiArab  <response>: . Pakutanga, yakaunganidzwa kubva muunganidzwa wakasiyana-siyana wenhandare dzendege dzevanhu dzakadzorerwa kana kuti dzakapiwa uye dzakashandurwa kuti dzishandiswe muchiuto. Mhando dzakasiyana-siyana dzezvikepe zvehondo yeHondo Yenyika II dzakanga dzisingachashandiswi uye dzakanga dzisingachashandiswi dzakakurumidza kuwanikwa nenzira dzakasiyana-siyana zvose zviri pamutemo uye zvisiri pamutemo kuti dziwedzere ngarava iyi. The musana IAF yaisanganisira 25 Avia S-199s akatengwa kubva Czechoslovakia, zvikurukuru Czechoslovak-akavaka Messerschmitt Bf 109s uye 60 Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IXEs, wokutanga wavo, Israel 1 akanga vakaungana munharaunda kubva British vakasiya kupembedza zvikamu uye vakaponeswa injini kubva muIjipita Spitfire pamwe vakawanda vakasara yakatengwa kubva Czechoslovakia. Vamwe spitfires vakanga vakatakurwa kubva Žatec nechigadziko-code zita Zebra apo vatyairi vakagamuchirawo kwokutanga ndege kudzidziswa, apo vamwe vakanga vatakurwa nomugungwa. Kugadzira uye kugona kwaive hwaro hwekutanga hwebudiriro yemauto eIsrael mumhepo, kwete tekinoroji iyo, pakutanga kweIAF, yaive yakaderera pane iyo yaishandiswa nevavengi veIsrael. Vazhinji vevatyairi vekutanga veIAF muna 1948 vaive vanozvipira vekunze vose vechiJuda nevasiri vechiJuda uye varwi vehondo yechipiri yenyika, vaida kubatana neIsrael kurwira rusununguko rwayo. Mavambo anozvininipisa eIAF akaita kuti kukunda kwayo kwokutanga mumhepo kuve kunoshamisa zvikuru uye kunokosha. 