Haim Gofen

Haim Gofen was born in 1951 in Afikim

Haim Gofen was born on July 8, 1951, and grew up on Kibbutz Afikim.

He joined the IDF in 1969 and finished the flight course in 1971. He flew Skyhawks with Squadron 109 in the Yom Kippur War, where his plane was hit twice. He later flew Phantoms, served as deputy commander in Squadron 105 in the First Lebanon War, and commanded Squadron 201 from 1983 to 1985.

He headed the fighter branch at Air Force headquarters and studied at the National Security College. In 1989 he became head of the intelligence for operations department, and in 1993 commander of Ramon base. He commanded Tel Nof base from September 1995 to July 1998, a period that included the helicopter disaster, after which the chief of staff gave him an administrative reprimand on the inquiry committee's advice.

He holds a bachelor's degree in economics and business from Bar-Ilan University and a master's in political science from the University of Haifa. After leaving the army he managed a project at Netcom, was CEO of Tzalaf, a flexible food packaging company, from 2000 to 2008, and was an external director at Kafrit Industries from 2010 to 2016.