Hanoch Patishi

Hanoch Patishi was born in 1945 in Yagur

Hanoch Patishi was born in 1945 at Kibbutz Yagur. His parents were Holocaust survivors.

He joined the Air Force in 1964 and finished pilot training in July 1966. He flew in the Six-Day War, the War of Attrition and the Yom Kippur War. He later trained pilots at the flight school, including his two younger brothers.

In 1975 he took command of Unit 669, which was then small, and set its procedures. He later commanded Squadron 147 and headed a department in the Air Force Staff. He left regular service in 1987 as a colonel and kept serving in the reserves.

He returned to Yagur in 1983 with his wife and 4 children. His wife Ilana died in 1991. He later held several roles in the area, including manager of Carmel Park, and died in 2010.