Amir Nachumi

Amir Nachumi was born in 1945 in Jerusalem

Nachumi was born in Jerusalem in 1945. His parents came from the Russian Empire and arrived in the Third Aliyah. He is married to Naomi and has three children.

He was drafted in 1962 and failed to finish flight course, so he completed his service in the Armored Corps. He then studied chemistry and physics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, graduating in 1967. He later earned an MBA from Tel Aviv University.

After fighting as a tank crewman in the Six Day War, he rejoined flight school and became a fighter pilot in 1968. On the first day of the Yom Kippur War he led 2 Phantoms against an Egyptian attack on Ofir and downed 4 MiGs. He later commanded 107 Squadron and then 110 Squadron, flying F-16s.

In 1981 he led the second formation in the strike on the Iraqi reactor. He later commanded Ramat David and became head of the Air Group, commanding the air element of Operation Solomon in 1991. He retired in 1996 and flew as a volunteer instructor until 2005.

In civilian life he led TIL Defense Systems, Triphase Technologies and GlassCeraX. In 2021 he was injured while guiding a jeep tour in the Judean Desert. He lives in Ramat HaSharon.