List of Israeli flying aces

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

## List of aces

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½ a shootdown indicates that two pilots share in a shootdown

Name | Country | Service | Shootdowns

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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

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

## References

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### Footnotes

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af Aloni (2004), Mirage and Nesher Aces, p. 81
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Aloni (2004), Phantom Aces, p. 86
3. ^ a b דני שלום, רוח רפאים מעל קהיר, עמ' 900-901
4. ^ a b Aloni (2006), Israeli F-15 Eagle Units in Combat, p. 87
5. ^ "Israel Air Force Record in Battle".

### Bibliography

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* 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.

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