List of Israeli flying aces

The following is a list of Israeli flying aces in Arab-Israeli wars.

List of aces

½ a shootdown indicates that two pilots share in a shootdown

Name	Country	Service	Shootdowns
Giora Epstein	Israel	Israeli Air Force	17 [1]
Amir Nachumi	Israel	Israeli Air Force	14
Asher Snir  [ he ]	Israel	Israeli Air Force	13½ [1] [2]
Israel Baharav  [ he ]	Israel	Israeli Air Force	12 [1]
Yiftah Spector	Israel	Israeli Air Force	12 [1] [2]
Oded Marom  [ he ]	Israel	Israeli Air Force	11 [3]
Ya'akov Richter  [ he ]	Israel	Israeli Air Force	10½ [1]
Yehuda Koren  [ he ]	Israel	Israeli Air Force	10½ [1]
Shlomo Levi  [ he ]	Israel	Israeli Air Force	10 [1]
Dror Harish  [ he ]	Israel	Israeli Air Force	9 [1]
Eitan Carmi	Israel	Israeli Air Force	9 [1]
Moshe Melnik  [ he ]	Israel	Israeli Air Force	9 [2]
Shlomo Egozi  [ he ]	Israel	Israeli Air Force	8 [2]
Ilan Gonen	Israel	Israeli Air Force	8 [1]
Amos Bar	Israel	Israeli Air Force	8 [1]
Ran Ronen (Pekker)	Israel	Israeli Air Force	8 [3]
Uri Gil	Israel	Israeli Air Force	7½ [1]
Menachem Enian	Israel	Israeli Air Force	7½
Michael Tsuk	Israel	Israeli Air Force	7 [1]
Yirmiahu Kadar	Israel	Israeli Air Force	7 [1]
Amos Amir  [ he ]	Israel	Israeli Air Force	7 [1]
Roy Manoff	Israel	Israeli Air Force	7 [2]
Avner Naveh  [ he ]	Israel	Israeli Air Force	7 [4]
Moshe Hertz	Israel	Israeli Air Force	6½ [1]
Ehud Hankin  [ he ]	Israel	Israeli Air Force	6 [5]
Rudy Augarten  [ he ]	United States Israel	United States Army Air Forces Israeli Air Force	6 total 2 (WWII) 4 (1948 Arab–Israeli War)
Yoram Agmon  [ he ]	Israel	Israeli Air Force	6 [1] [2]
Uri Even-Nir  [ he ]	Israel	Israeli Air Force	6 [1]
Menachem Sharon  [ he ]	Israel	Israeli Air Force	6 [1]
Eli Menachem	Israel	Israeli Air Force	6 [1]
Eitan Peled	Israel	Israeli Air Force	6 [2]
Yossi Yavin	Israel	Israeli Air Force	6 [2]
Gideon Livni	Israel	Israeli Air Force	5½ [1]
Ezra Dotan	Israel	Israeli Air Force	5 [1]
Reuven Rozen	Israel	Israeli Air Force	5 [1]
Gideon Dror	Israel	Israeli Air Force	5 [1]
Shlomo Navot	Israel	Israeli Air Force	5 [1]
Itzhack Amitay  [ he ]	Israel	Israeli Air Force	5 [2]
Ben-Ami Peri	Israel	Israeli Air Force	5 [2]
Itamar Neuner	Israel	Israeli Air Force	5 [1]
Avraham Gilad	Israel	Israeli Air Force	5 [1]
Maxine Geva	Israel	Israeli Air Force	5 [1]
Zoryana Cohen	Israel	Israeli Air Force	5 [1]
Assaf Ben-Nun	Israel	Israeli Air Force	5 [1]
Giora Romm	Israel	Israeli Air Force	5 [1]
Menachem Shmul	Israel	Israeli Air Force	5 [1] [2]
Yoram Peled	Israel	Israeli Air Force	5 [4]

See also

• History of the Israeli Air Force
• List of Egyptian flying aces
• List of Syrian flying aces

References

Footnotes

1. Aloni (2004), Mirage and Nesher Aces, p. 81
2. Aloni (2004), Phantom Aces, p. 86
3. דני שלום, רוח רפאים מעל קהיר, עמ' 900-901
4. Aloni (2006), Israeli F-15 Eagle Units in Combat, p. 87
5. "Israel Air Force Record in Battle".

Bibliography

• Aloni, Shlomo (2004). Israeli Mirage and Nesher Aces. Osprey Publishing. ISBN   1-84176-653-4.
• Aloni, Shlomo (2004). Israeli Phantom II Aces. Osprey Publishing. ISBN   1-84176-783-2.
• Aloni, Shlomo (2006). Israeli F-15 Eagle Units in Combat. Osprey Publishing. ISBN   1-84603-047-1.