IDF Maj. Gen. (res.) Dan Tolkowsky, who just passed away at 104, served in the Israeli Air Force in the 1948-49 War of Independence and commanded the IAF from 1953 – 1958. When he left the military, he led the Defense Ministry’s Planning and Scientific Research Administration.

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