- Eliezer Shkedi
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name= Eliezer Shkedi
born= birth date and age|1957|8|16
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serviceyears=1975 –
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branch= air force|Israel
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laterwork=Aluf Eliezer Shkedi (born16 August 1957 ) is a general (aluf) in theIsrael Defense Forces and former Commander in Chief of theIsraeli Air Force . Shkedi , a resident ofYehud-Monosson , was born inIsrael and after graduating from high schoolKfar-Saba joined the IDF in 1975. He volunteered to attend the flight academy and graduated as a fighter pilot. Shkedi was a member of several units before he was assigned to Hatserim air force base. He was based there during the1982 Lebanon War in which he shot down two enemy aircraft. In the mid 1980s Shkedi studied atBen-Gurion University , receiving a B.Sc. inMathematics andComputer Science . He continued his career in the airforce until the mid 1990s when he studied for an M.A. inSystems management at the USNaval Postgraduate School . He was promoted to Commander in Chief of the Israeli Air Force onApril 4 ,2004 and was replaced by AlufIdo Nehoshtan onMay 13 ,2008 General Shkedi was appointed campaign commander against countries that do not border Israel. This will also place him in charge of
Israeli Iran Command , which was set up to be the overall coordinator of Israeli military and intelligence against Iran should a war start. Although the appointment was reported in late August 2006, it was said to have occurred before the 2006 conflict in Lebanon began. [Benn, Aluf. " [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=754702&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y IAF chief to head 'Iranian command'] ", "Haaretz", August 25, 2006. AccessedAugust 26 ,2006 .]Notes
References
* [http://www1.idf.il/dover/site/mainpage.asp?sl=EN&id=22&docid=15622&clr=1&subject=14930&Pos=6&bScope=False Bio from IDF]
* [http://www1.idf.il/DOVER/site/mainpage.asp?sl=EN&id=22&docid=15622&clr=1&subject=14930 IDF Bio]
* [http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Shkedy.html Bio from the Jewish Virtual Library]
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