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Air Force Commanders

This is a listing of the Generals who have held the position of Commander in Chief of the Air Force. Since the IDF wasn't formally established until June 1948, the first two names in the list effectively acted as a deputy to the Minister of Defence for air force issues - neither of them were airmen.

Joshoa (Iseek) Ashel     10 November 1947 - May 1948
Yisrael Amir     early May 1948 - July 1948
Aharon Remez     July 1948 - December 1950
Shlomo Shamir     December 1950 - late August 1951
Chaim Laskov     late August 1951 - May 1953
Dan Tolkovski     May 1953 - 25 July 1958
Ezer Weizman     25 July 1958 - April 1966
Mordechai Hod     April 1966 - May 1973
Binyamin Peled     May 1973 - 29 October 1977
David Ivri     29 October 1977 - 31 December 1982
Amos Lapidot     31 December 1982 - September 1987
Avihu Ben-Nun     September 1987 - January 1992
Herzl Bodinger     January 1992 - July 1996
Eitan Ben-Eliyahu     July 1996 - April 2000
Dan Halutz     April 2000 - April 2004
Elyezer Shkedy     4 April 2004 - present



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