Ilan Boger

Ilan Boger was born in 1966

Ilan Boger was born in 1966 at the Tel Nof base, where his father, Herzl Bodinger, served. He studied at the military boarding school for command in Tel Aviv.

He joined flight course 111 in 1984 and finished it as a fighter pilot in 1986. He flew Skyhawk and Kfir jets in Squadron 102, then moved to F-16 jets in Squadron 110. He also worked as an instructor and course commander at the flight school in Hatzerim.

In 2000 he became commander of Squadron 105. In 2007 he took command of the Ramat David base and led it during Operation Cast Lead. In 2009 he headed the inquiry into the crash that killed pilot Assaf Ramon, and in 2010 he became head of the Manpower Group, serving until 2013.

From 2014 to 2016 he was chief executive of the startup Double Cool. From 2018 he has been on the management team of a flight simulator center at Cinema City Glilot. He holds degrees from Bar-Ilan University and the University of Haifa, and he is married with 4 children.