Amos Yadlin

Amos Yadlin
Amos Yadlin as attaché to Washington
Native name	עמוס ידלין
Born	1951 Hatzerim, Israel
Allegiance	Israel
Service/branch	Military Intelligence Directorate
Years of service	1970–2010
Rank	Aluf (Major General)
Commands held	Air Intelligence Directorate, Chief of Staff of the Israeli Air Force
Battles/wars	Yom Kippur War, Operation Opera, First Lebanon War, Second Lebanon War
Relations	Aharon Yadlin (son),

Aluf (Major General, res.) Amos Yadlin (Hebrew: עמוס ידלין‎‎; born 20 November 1951) is a former Israeli Air Force (IAF) general, Israel Defense Forces military attaché to Washington, D.C. and head of the IDF Military Intelligence Directorate (Aman).

Amos Yadlin was born in Kibbutz Hatzerim, the son of Edah and Aharon Yadlin. In 1970, he enlisted in 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.

After qualifying as a fighter pilot, Yadlin joined the 102 "Flying Tiger" Squadron, with which he flew the A-4 Skyhawk during the Yom Kippur War. In the early 1980s Yadlin was among the first batch of Israeli pilots to fly the F-16 Fighting Falcon and was among the eight pilots selected to carry out Operation Opera against Iraq's Osirak nuclear reactor in June 1981. A year later, Yadlin participated in Operation Peace for Galilee. In all he had accumulated about 5,000 flight hours and flew more than 250 combat missions. Yadlin commanded two fighter squadrons (116 and 106), two Israeli Air Force bases (Nevatim and Hatzerim) and between 1990 and 1993 headed the IAF's planning department. He then served as Deputy Commander of the IAF.