Ephraim Segoli

Ephraim Segoli was born in 1951 in Jerusalem

Ephraim Segoli was born in 1951 in Jerusalem. He studied at the Gymnasia Rehavia high school.

He finished the pilot course in 1971 as a helicopter pilot and flew with the Flipping Sword Squadron, the first helicopter squadron. In the Yom Kippur War he served as an aircraft captain on evacuation, supply and transport flights. In 1976 he joined the Cobra test unit, which became the basis of the first attack helicopter squadron.

In the First Lebanon War he flew Defender helicopters in attacks on Syrian army forces. He then commanded Squadron 190 until 1984, when it worked with navy missile boats, including takeoffs and landings from Sa'ar 4.5 boats. In 1985 he became the first commander of Squadron 161.

He later served as deputy commander of the cooperation unit and commanded Palmachim Air Base from 1992 to 1995 as a brigadier general. In the reserves he flew with Squadron 161 and taught at the flight school.

After his discharge he became a researcher at the Operational Theory Research Institute, now the Dado Institute. In 2006 he joined the Fisher Institute for Air and Space Strategic Studies, where he heads a center that studies air power and asymmetric conflict.