Moshe Melnik

Moshe Marom-Melnik
Born 1946
Givatayim, Mandatory Palestine
Allegiance Israel Defense Forces
Years of service 1966–1992
Rank Brigadier General
Commands held 133 Squadron
Nevatim Airbase
Hatzerim Airbase
Battles/wars War of Attrition
Yom Kippur War
Operation Opera
1982 Lebanon War
Other work Business management of real estate projects in Israel and the United States

Moshe Marom-Melnik (Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה מָרוֹם-מֶלְנִיק‎, born 1946) is a retired Israeli Air Force Brigadier General who in the course of his career shot down 9 enemy aircraft, making him one of Israel's flying aces. In 1979 he became the first pilot in history to shoot down an enemy plane with the F-15 Eagle.[1][2] He scored 5 aerial kills in the F-4 Phantom II during the Yom Kippur War and participated in Operation Opera, the 1981 raid that destroyed an Iraqi nuclear reactor.[2][3] He later scored additional 3 aerial kills with the F-15 Eagle in fighting over Lebanon

References

  1. ↑ Mizokami, Kyle. "The F-15 Eagle: Inside One of America's Most Deadly Fighter Jets of All Time". The National Interest. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  2. 1 2 https://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/this-is-what-the-pilot-who-scored-the-stunning-first-kill-with-the-f-15-saw
  3. ↑ http://www.iaf.org.il/4428-45744-en/IAF.aspx
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