Giora Romm

Giora Romm
Giora Romm
	Romm in 1995
Native name	גיורא רום
Born	29 April 1945; Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine
Died	11 August 2023 (aged 78)
Allegiance	Israel
Branch	Israeli Air Force
Service years	1962–1996
Rank	Major general
Commands	115 Squadron; Ramon Airbase; Tel Nof Airbase;
Conflicts	Six-Day War; War of Attrition; Yom Kippur War; First Lebanon War; Operation Wooden Leg;
Other work	Director of the Ministry of National Infrastructure; Director of the Jewish Agency; Director of the Civil Aviation Authority of Israel;

Giora Romm (Hebrew: גיורא רום‎; 29 April 1945 – 11 August 2023) was an Israeli military officer who served as deputy commander of the Israeli Air Force (IAF), Israel's military attaché in the United States and as director of the Civil Aviation Authority of Israel. Romm was the Israeli Air Force's first fighter jet ace, scoring five victories during the 1967 Six-Day War. In 1969, during the War of Attrition, Romm was shot down and spent several months in Egyptian captivity. He commanded the IAF's 115 Squadron through the intensive fighting of the 1973 Yom Kippur War and participated in Operation Wooden Leg, the 1985 raid against PLO headquarters in Tunisia.