Eliezer Shkedi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Eliezer Shkedi

Israeli general

Date of Birth: 16-Aug-1957

Place of Birth: Israel

Profession: military personnel, military officer

Nationality: Israel

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Eliezer Shkedi

  • Aluf Eliezer Shkedy (Hebrew: ?????? ????; born 16 August 1957) is a retired general in the Israel Defense Forces, who served as Commander of the Israeli Air Force from 4 April 2004 until 13 May 2008.
  • He is also a former CEO of El Al, the flag carrier of Israel. Shkedy was born in Israel to parents of both Ashkenazi and Sephardic descent; his father was a Hungarian-Jewish Holocaust survivor, whereas his mother was an Egyptian-Jewish immigrant. Shkedy, a resident of Yehud-Monosson, was born in Israel and after graduating from high school in Kfar Saba he was conscripted into the IDF in 1975.
  • He was accepted into the IAF Flight Academy and graduated as a fighter pilot.
  • Shkedy was a member of several units before he was assigned to Hatzerim Airbase.
  • He was based there during the 1982 Lebanon War in which he shot down two enemy aircraft. In the mid-1980s, Shkedy studied at Ben-Gurion University, receiving a B.Sc.
  • in Mathematics and Computer Science.
  • He continued his career in the IAF until the mid-1990s when he studied for an M.A.
  • in Systems management at the US Naval Postgraduate School in California. He was promoted to Commander of the Israeli Air Force on 4 April 2004 and was succeeded in the position by Aluf Ido Nehoshtan upon his retirement on 13 May 2008.
  • He is the chairman of the NGO Heroes for life. General Shkedy was appointed front commander against countries that do not border Israel.
  • This put him in charge of Israeli Iran Command, which was set up to be the overall coordinator of Israeli military operations and intelligence gathering against Iran should a war start between the two countries.
  • Although the appointment was reported in late August 2006, it was said to have occurred before the Second Lebanon War began.

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