Dan Halutz
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| Born | August 7, 1948 Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Allegiance |
 Israel
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| Service/branch |
 Israeli Air Force
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| Years of service | 1966–2006 |
| Rank |
 Rav Aluf
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| Commands held |
Israeli Air Force Israel Defense Forces |
Dan "Danny" Halutz (Hebrew: דן חלוץ, 
listen ; born August 7, 1948) is an Israeli Air Force Lt. General and former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces and commander of the Israeli Air Force. Halutz was appointed as Chief of Staff on June 1, 2005. On January 17, 2007, he announced his resignation. He has a degree in economics. He was born to a Mizrahi Jewish family with origins in Iran and Iraq. He is chairman of the Etgarim special-needs charity. Also He is of Iranian Jew ancestry.
Halutz joined the Israeli Air Force (IAF) in 1966 and graduated from combat flight school in 1968. In 1969, he joined the first F-4 Phantom squadron of the IAF. During the War of Attrition, Halutz carried out 40 operational flights.
After the war, he left the IDF in order to study, but returned to active duty when the Yom Kippur War started, in 1973. During the Yom Kippur War, Halutz carried out over 43 operational flights in which he shot down 3 enemy planes in dogfights.
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