Avraham Lanir
Avi Lanir | |
|---|---|
| Native name | אבי לניר |
| Born | January 25, 1940 |
| Died | 16 October 1973 |
| Buried | |
| Allegiance | Israel |
| Branch | Israeli Air Force |
| Service years | 1959–1973 |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Commands | 101 Squadron (Israel) |
| Awards | Medal of Courage |
Avraham "Avi" Lanir (Hebrew: אברהם "אבי" לניר; January 25, 1940 – October 1973) was a lieutenant colonel in the Israel Air Force. He was the highest-ranking Israeli fighter pilot to fall into enemy hands.
His image was engraved in the Israeli consciousness as a heroic figure, as a man who gave his life under severe torture in captivity in Syria and did not divulge the secrets of the state in which he was trusted - secrets that probably touched on the subject of "the weapon that Israel never admitted to exist". For this act he was given the medal of courage.