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Yitzhak Gat
Yitzhak Gat is an Israeli Air Force brigadier general in the reserves who later headed Rafael and Elisra and chaired Orbit Technologies.
born 1947Air Force fighter pilot and commanderHeading RafaelCEO of ElisraChairman of Orbit Technologies
- Born
- 13 August 1947
- Occupation
- military personnel, military officer
- Rank
- tat aluf
- Wars
- 1982 Lebanon War, Six-Day War, War of Attrition, Yom Kippur War
Yitzhak Gat was born in 1947
Yitzhak Gat was born on August 13, 1947. He studied aeronautical engineering at the Technion and holds a master's degree in information systems management. He served on the Technion's board and chaired its alumni association.
Gat joined the IDF in 1965 and finished pilot training in 1967. He was a deputy squadron commander in the Yom Kippur War and later led Squadrons 107 and 117. He commanded Ramat David base and the Air Force equipment group, and left the IDF in December 1992 as a brigadier general.
He then became director general of Rafael, then a unit of the Defense Ministry. He pushed to turn it into a government company and resigned at the end of 1998 when this did not happen. He later ran Poalim Communications and was a vice president at the Etgar venture capital fund.
Gat led Elisra from 2005 to 2013 and chaired Rafael from 2013 to 2017. In December 2017 he became chairman of Orbit Technologies and was also its interim CEO in 2019 and 2020. He is married with 3 children and lives in Ramat HaSharon.
Yitzhak Gat's life in 10 milestones
- 1965
Joined the IDF and volunteered for pilot training.
- 1967
Completed pilot training in the fighter track.
- 1982
Commanded Squadron 107 during Operation Mole Cricket 19.
- 1988
Appointed commander of Ramat David base.
- 1990
Appointed commander of the Air Force equipment group.
- 1992
Left the IDF as a brigadier general.
- 1998
Resigned as director general of Rafael.
- 2005
Became CEO of Elisra.
- 2013
Became chairman of Rafael.
- 2017
Became chairman of Orbit Technologies.
Yitzhak Gat served in IDF Pilot Course
Gat served in the Israeli Air Force from 1965 to 1992 as a fighter pilot, recording 2 kills in the Yom Kippur War and commanding Squadrons 107 and 117. He retired as a brigadier general after commanding Ramat David base and the equipment group.
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Avihu Ben-Nunborn 1939Commanding the Israeli Air ForceMilitary
Avi Barberborn 1940Captivity in the Yom Kippur WarMilitary
Benyamin Zinkerborn 1947Shooting down a MiG-25 in 1981Military
Gideon Sheferborn 1948Heading the IDF Personnel DirectorateMilitary
Hanoch Patishi1945 to 2010Commanding Unit 669Military
Based on Hebrew Wikipedia, יצחק גת, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The facts are Wikidata's.
Photograph: IAF Magazine photographer, CC BY-SA 3.0