David Ivry

David Ivry
Ivry in October 2001
Israeli Ambassador to the United States
In office 2000–2002
Preceded by	Zalman Shoval
Succeeded by	Daniel Ayalon
Personal details
Born	1934

David Ivry (born 1934) was the Israeli Ambassador to the United States from 2000 to 2002, and the ninth commander of the Israeli Air Force (IAF). In 1999, he was appointed first director of the Israeli National Security Council.

Ivry was born in Tel Aviv in 1934. In 1952 he was recruited to the Israeli Air Force, where he served as a pilot of a P-51 Mustang. In 1956, he was sent to a special flight-instructors course in the UK, and became the commander of the flight-instruction school at Tel Nof Airbase. During the Sinai Campaign he served as an Ouragan pilot. In 1962, he became the commander of the first Israeli squadron of the French Dassault Mirage. In the six day war, Ivry served as a Mirage pilot and the commander of the Mystère squadron.

From October 1977 to December 1982, he served as the ninth commander of the IAF. While he was in command, the IAI bases were moved from Sinai to the Negev, the air force took part in Operation Litani and Operation Opera. He was in command of Operation Mole Cricket 19 in the early stages of the 1982 Lebanon War.