ðə ʃˈɛɹʌt ˈævɪɹ wʌz fˈaʊndᵻd ˌɔn tˈɛn noʊvˈɛmbɚ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi sˈɛvən, dʒˈʌst tˈuː wˈiːks pɹˈaɪɚ tə ðə pˈæsɪŋ ʌvðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi sˈɛvən jˌuːˈɛn pɑːɹtˈɪʃən plˈæn ˌɔn twˈɛnti nˈaɪn noʊvˈɛmbɚ wˌɪtʃ pɹəpˈoʊzd ðə dᵻvˈɪʒən ʌv pˈæləstˌaɪn ˌɪntʊ ɐ dʒˈuːɪʃ stˈeɪt ænd ɐn ˈæɹəb stˈeɪt.
The Sherut Avir was founded on 10 November 1947, just two weeks prior to the passing of the 1947 UN Partition Plan on 29 November which proposed the division of Palestine into a Jewish state and an Arab state.