“Our most valuable weapon is you, our pilots and navigators. You are our guarantee to safety”
- Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, IAF Flight School Graduation, 30 December 2010
IDF Flight School Graduation Ceremony was held Thursday, December 30th at the IDF Hazerim base where the new pilots were awarded their ‘flight wings’. The ceremony marks the end of a three-year course that includes officer and pilot training as well as an academic degree from Ben-Gurion University. The President of the State of Israel, Mr. Shimon Peres, Minister of Defense, Mr. Ehud Barak, Chief of the General Staff, Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi and Commander of IDF's Air Corps, Maj. Gen. Ido Nehushtan attended the ceremony as did the graduates’ families, guests and staff.
161st IDF Air Corps Flight School Graduation Ceremony, December 2010
IDF Flight School is widely considered to be one of the most prestigious and challenging paths to take in the IDF, and its graduates are an elite few who have passed three years of grueling tests as Air cadets. Among the graduates are three IDF Women, one of whom will be a combat navigator, and the other two who will be pilots.
IDF Air Corps Commander, Maj. Gen. Ido Nehushtan noted that, “courage in the skies and strong roots in the ground are the essence of the IDF Air Corps’ legendary legacy. Now you are part of it, as aircrew fighters. Dear graduates, the ‘[flight] wings’ also symbolize the high expectations of your future. Today you are joining the most elite of our combatants; those fighters whom the people of Israel entrust with their safety every day.”
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