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Dan Halutz

Dan Halutz is a retired Israeli Air Force lieutenant general who served as the 18th Chief of the General Staff of the IDF from 2005 to 2007.

born 194818th IDF chief of staffCommanding the Israeli Air ForceThe Second Lebanon WarThe 2002 Salah Shahade strike

Born: 7 August 1948, Tel Aviv
Occupation: air force pilot, air force officer
Party: Kadima
Education: Harvard Business School, Harvard University, Tel Aviv University
Rank: rav aluf
Wars: South Lebanon conflict, Six-Day War, War of Attrition, Yom Kippur War

Dan Halutz was born in 1948 in Tel Aviv

Halutz was born in Tel Aviv in 1948. His father came from Iran and his mother from Iraq. He grew up on moshav Hagor from 1953.

He finished high school in Holon and earned a bachelor's degree in economics at Tel Aviv University. He also completed an advanced management program at Harvard University.

He joined the Air Force in 1966 and became a fighter pilot in 1968. He flew Phantom jets in the War of Attrition and the Yom Kippur War, and later commanded a squadron and the Hatzor airbase. He commanded the Air Force from 2000 to 2004, a period that included a 2002 strike in Gaza on Hamas commander Salah Shahade in which civilians were also killed, which drew public criticism.

In 2005 he became Chief of the General Staff and led the IDF during the disengagement plan and the Second Lebanon War. He resigned in January 2007.

He chaired the Israeli Basketball Association from 2013 to 2014 and chairs the Etgarim charity. He is married with 3 children and lives in Tel Aviv.

Milestones in Dan Halutz's life

1948
Born in Tel Aviv.
1966
Joined the Israeli Air Force.
1968
Completed flight school as a fighter pilot.
1973
Flew 43 sorties in the Yom Kippur War and shot down 3 enemy planes.
1991
Appointed commander of Hatzor airbase.
2000
Became commander of the Israeli Air Force.
2004
Appointed deputy chief of staff.
2005
Became the 18th IDF chief of staff.
2007
Resigned as chief of staff.
2013
Became chairman of the Israeli Basketball Association.

Dan Halutz held 2 offices between 2000 and 2007

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Commander of the Israeli Air Force 2000 to 2004
Chief of the General Staff 2005 to 2007

Dan Halutz served in IDF Pilot Course

Halutz served in the Israeli Air Force from 1966 as a Phantom and F-16 pilot, fighting in the War of Attrition, the Yom Kippur War and the First Lebanon War. He commanded the Air Force from 2000 to 2004 and was chief of staff with the rank of lieutenant general from 2005 to 2007.

IDF Pilot Course