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Yoram Agmon

Yoram Agmon is a retired Israeli Air Force brigadier general and fighter pilot who shot down 6 enemy aircraft and commanded Hatzor Air Base.

born 1939First Mirage III kill worldwide6 enemy aircraft shot downCommanding Squadron 69 in 1973Commanding Hatzor Air Base

Occupation: flying ace, military officer
Rank: tat aluf
Wars: Yom Kippur War, Six-Day War, War of Attrition

Yoram Agmon was born in 1939

Yoram Agmon was born in 1939. He joined the IDF and first served as an infantry soldier. After about 2 years he volunteered for flight school and completed it as a fighter pilot in March 1962.

He flew the Super Mystère and then the Mirage III, serving in Squadron 101 and as a flight school instructor. In July 1966 he shot down a Syrian MiG-21 with cannon fire, the first kill in the world by a Mirage III. He fought in the Six-Day War and later in the War of Attrition.

In 1969 he was part of the first team sent to the United States to receive the Phantom. He then served as deputy commander of Squadron 201, the first Phantom squadron. In 1972 he took command of Squadron 109, and in September 1973 of Squadron 69, which he led in the Yom Kippur War.

He later headed the officers department at Air Force headquarters. He commanded Hatzor Air Base from 1979 to 1982 and then served as the Air Force attaché in the United States until 1985.

Yoram Agmon's life in 8 milestones

1962
Completed flight school as a fighter pilot.
1966
Shot down a Syrian MiG-21 in a Mirage III.
1967
Shot down an Egyptian Su-7 near the Suez Canal.
1969
Joined the first team sent to receive the Phantom in the United States.
1972
Took command of Squadron 109.
1973
Took command of Squadron 69 and led it in the Yom Kippur War.
1979
Became commander of Hatzor Air Base.
1985
Ended his post as Air Force attaché in the United States.

Yoram Agmon served in IDF Pilot Course

Agmon served as an Israeli Air Force fighter pilot and squadron commander, fighting in the Six-Day War, the War of Attrition and the Yom Kippur War. He shot down 6 enemy aircraft and retired as a brigadier general.

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