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Chabad JCC of Pacific Palisades would like to invite you to an Exclusive Israel Air Force Briefing Tuesday, June 9th at which Brigadier General Israel (Relik) Shafir, a hero and commanding officer of Israel's "Top Gun" fighter pilot school, as well as the commander of Israel's largest operational military airbase. General Shafir flew the mission to destroy the Iraq Nuclear Reactor in 1981. General Shafir will be joined by Simcha Salach, Executive Director of the Israel Air Force Center Foundation.
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About Lieutenant Colonel:
| Brigadier General Israel (Relik) Shafir was born in the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Tivon. In 1973, he graduated from the Israel Air Force Academy as a fighter pilot. During his impressive career in the IAF, he logged over 5,000 hours and was part of the first IAF F-16 Squadrons. Brig. Gen. Shafir served on several historic IAF missions, including the 1981 attack on Osirak, Iraq’s nuclear reactor - which destroyed Sadaam Hussein’s nuclear weapons program. Relik is an ace pilot who has 5 “kills” to his credit from the First Lebanon War in 1982. Among many of Brig. Gen. Shafir Command posts, he served as Commander of the IAF Flight Academy and Commander of Tel Nof Air Force Base, one of the largest and most complex of Israel’s Air Force bases. Today, Brig. General Shafir is the official IAF foreign press Spokesperson in times of emergency. Brig. Gen. Shafir holds BA degrees in Mathematics and Philosophy from Bar-Ilan University, and an MBA from the Naval Post Graduate School in Monterey, California. In his civilian life he has worked in the high tech and Energy fields, and currently manages a startup company. Relik lives on a farm in the center of Israel and grows olives and dates. |
