Eliezer Shkedi

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Eliezer Shkedi
16 August 1957 –
Maj. Gen. Eliezer Shkedi
Allegiance	Israel
Service/branch	Israeli Air Force
Years of service	1975 –
Rank	Aluf

Aluf Eliezer Shkedi (b. 16 August 1957) is a general in the Israel Defense Forces and the current Commander in Chief of the Israeli Air Force. Shkedi , a resident of Yehud-Monosson, was born in Israel and after graduating from high school Kfar-Saba joined the IDF in 1975. He volunteered to attend the flight academy and graduated as a fighter pilot. Shkedi was a member of several units before he was assigned to Hatserim air force base. He was based there during the 1982 Lebanon War in which he shot down two enemy aircraft. In the mid 1980s Shkedi studied at Ben-Gurion University, receiving a B.Sc. in Mathematics and Computer Science. He continued his career in the airforce until the mid 1990s when he studied for an M.A. in Systems management at the US Naval Postgraduate School. He was promoted to his current position on April 4, 2004.

General Shkedi was appointed campaign commander against countries that do not border Israel. This will also place him in charge of GOC Iran Command, which was set up to be the overall coordinator of Israeli military and intelligence against Iran should a war start. Although the appointment was reported in late August 2006, it was said to have occurred before the 2006 conflict in Lebanon began.^[1]