Israeli Air Force Mission

The IAF performs a wide range of duties. Its ten primary missions have been defined as follows:

To defend Israel's airspace and the Israel Defense Forces' (IDF) area of operations.
To achieve air superiority above the area of combat and to participate in the ground war.
To attack strategic targets in enemy territory.
To participate in combat in the naval theatre.
To carry out air transport operations.
Providing air intelligence as part of the general intelligence picture.
To carry out aerial photography missions for all IDF needs.
To preform air search-and-rescue missions.
To assist civil aviation authorities in command, control and services (as required)

Source: IDF