Amir Nachumi | |
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Born | 1945 Jerusalem, British Mandate for Palestine |
Allegiance | Israel Defense Forces |
Years of service | 1962–1996 |
Rank | Brigadier general |
Commands | 107 Squadron 110 Squadron Ramat David Airbase IAF Air Group |
Battles/wars | Six Day War War of Attrition Yom Kippur War Operation Opera 1982 Lebanon War Operation Solomon |
Awards | Medal of Distinguished Service |
Other work | President and CEO of TIL Defense Systems CEO of Triphase Technologies Ltd. Manager of GlassCeraX |
Amir Nachumi (Hebrew: אמיר נחומי; born 1945) is a retired Israeli Air Force Brigadier General who, in the course of his career, shot down 14 enemy aircraft, making him one of Israel's top flying aces. He scored 7 aerial kills in the F-4 Phantom II during the Yom Kippur War, 7 in the F-16 Fighting Falcon in fighting over Lebanon, and participated in Operation Opera, the 1981 raid that destroyed an Iraqi nuclear reactor.