Itamar Raichel

The story of Itamar Raichel's life

Itamar Raichel was born on September 1, 1975. He holds a bachelor's degree in law. He is divorced and has 2 children.

Raichel completed the Air Force flight course in the transport track. He served in advanced transport pilot training at the Nachshon squadron, then as a deputy commander in Squadron 120. He helped establish Squadron 122 and served as its senior deputy commander before returning to Squadron 120 in the same role.

He received a citation from the Air Force commander for the Second Lebanon War. In 2011 he became commander of Squadron 100, then led the transport and basic track at the flight school and later commanded Squadron 120. With that squadron he took part in the 2015 relief mission after the earthquake in Nepal and led it in the Red Flag exercise in the United States.

In 2016 he was appointed commander of Ovda base, and in 2018 head of the Organization Department in the Planning Directorate. In December 2019 he became head of the Manpower Group as a brigadier general. He served until September 2022 and then retired from the IDF.