Lieutenant General Dan Halutz
The Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Dan Halutz, was born in 1948 in Tel Aviv. He grew up in Moshav Hagor and completed his high-school studies at the "Kogel" high-school in Holon.
The following is a list of positions Lieutenant General Dan Halutz fulfilled during his service in the IDF:
1966-1972: Dan Halutz was drafted into the IDF in 1966, and volunteered for the IAF's pilot's course, which he completed in 1968 as a combat pilot. After completing a field training course on an "Oragon" plane and serving as a pilot on the "Mister 4" and "Vutour" planes he transferred, at the end of 1969, to the IAF's first "Phantom" Squadron ("The one"). He then participated in the War of Attrition, during which he completed approximately 40 operational sorties, after which he was posted as an instructor at the IAF flight school.
1973: Dan Halutz was discharged from the IDF. He continued to serve as a reserve pilot, which included service in the Yom Kippur War, during which he completed 43 operational sorties. After the war he returned to serve as executive officer of the "Phantom" Squadron.
1978: Halutz was released from active duty once more, and served as a reserve pilot for four years, during which he participated in operation "Peace in the Galilee". In 1982 he returned to service and began piloting F-16 aircrafts.
1984: he received command over the "Phantom" Squadron, and two years later was appointed Head of the Operational Unit of the "Lavi" project.
July of 1998: Dan Halutz was promoted to the rank of Major General and appointed Assistant Head of the General Staff Branch, in the IDF's General Staff.
1999: he assumed the position of Head of the Operations Branch in the General Staff.
In April 2000: he was appointed IAF Commander.
In July 2004: he was appointed Deputy Chief of the General Staff.
In June 2005: Lieutenant General Halutz was appointed Chief of the IDF's General Staff.
Lieutenant General Halutz's command appointments in the IAF included Head of the Weapon Systems Department, Commander of the IAF Base "Hatzor", Head of the Air Division and Chief of the IAF Staff. He took part in the IAF's operational activities since the War of Attrition, and acquired rich operational experience, with hundreds of operational sorties which resulted in the downing of three enemy aircrafts.
During his service in the IAF, Halutz has accumulated approximately 4000 flight hours.
Lieutenant General Dan Halutz has a bachelor's degree in economics from Tel Aviv University.
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He is married to Irit and has three children - two boys and a girl
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, justo Egipto y Arabia Saudita
