Yaakov Lugasi

Yaakov Lugasi was born in 1932 in Kfar Haim

Yaakov Agasi was born in Kfar Haim on November 26, 1932. In 1950 he joined flight course number 4 and became a fighter pilot.

He flew Mustangs in Squadron 101 and taught at the flight school. In the Sinai War he flew Ouragans in Squadron 113 and was credited with a possible kill. He was among the first Vautour pilots and commanded Squadron 110 from 1959 to 1963, then led the flight school from 1964 to 1966.

In the Six-Day War he led the attack formation on Cairo West airfield in Operation Moked. He then commanded Ramat David base through the War of Attrition. In 1970 he became head of the Air Force operations planning branch.

In the Yom Kippur War he took command of Ramat David after base commander Arlozor Lev fell, and led it until the war ended. He left regular service in 1974 and flew for El Al until 1997. He died on November 12, 2022, and was buried in Ramat HaSharon.