Amir Nachumi

Amir Nachumi (; 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 Israeli Air Force's top fighter aces. He scored seven aerial victories in the F-4 Phantom II during the Yom Kippur War, and another seven aerial victories in the F-16 Fighting Falcon in fighting over Lebanon, and he has also participated in Operation Opera; the 1981 raid that destroyed an Iraqi nuclear reactor.

Military service Born in Jerusalem in 1945, Amir Nachumi was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces in 1962. Failing to complete IAF flight course 44, Nachumi joined the IDF Armored Corps with which he completed his mandatory service, attaining the rank of staff sergeant. Discharged in 1964, Nachumi entered the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, graduating in 1967 with a degree in chemistry and physics. Shortly before completing his studies, he was called up to serve in the Six Day War, fighting in the AMX-13.