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Amos Yadlin

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Amos Yadlin
Amos Yadlin as attaché to Washington
AllegianceIsrael Israel
Service / branchMilitary Intelligence Directorate
Years of service1970—
RankAluf
CommandsAir Intelligence Directorate, Chief of Staff of the Israeli Air Force
Battles / warsYom Kippur War, Operation Opera, First Lebanon War, Second Lebanon War
RelationsAharon Yadlin (son), David HaCohen (grandson)

Aluf (Major General) Amos Yadlin (born 1951) was a general in the Israeli Air Force (IAF) and is currently the head of the Israeli Military Intelligence Directorate, known as Aman. Before being promoted to head of Aman, Yadlin was the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) military attaché to Washington, D.C.. Previously in his career he headed the IDF National Defense College. When Yadlin was an officer in the IAF he participated in Operation Opera, which destroyed the Iraqi nuclear reactor. He also served as Deputy Commander of the IAF. Yadlin obtained a B.A. in Economics and Business Administration at Ben Gurion University in the Negev. He received a master’s degree in Public Administration from the JFK School of Government, Harvard University.[1]


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