Native name יורם יאיר Years of service 1963–95 Allegiance Israel Defense Forces Unit Paratroopers Brigade | Nickname(s) Ya-ya Other name Ya-ya Rank Aluf | |
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Commands held 50 paratroop battalion, reserve paratrooper brigade, the IDF's Officer Candidate School (Bahad 1), the 35th Paratroopers Brigade, 91st Division, Manpower Directorate, Israel's military attaché in the United States Battles/wars Six Day War
War of Attrition
Yom Kippur War
Operation Litani
1982 Lebanon War
South Lebanon conflict
First Intifada Battles and wars Six-Day War, War of Attrition, Yom Kippur War | ||
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Yoram Yair (Hebrew: יורם יאיר; born 1943) is an Israeli retired general who held several prominent posts including the head of the IDF's Manpower Directorate.
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Military service
Yair was drafted into the IDF in 1963. He volunteered as a paratrooper in the Paratroopers Brigade. He served as a soldier and a squad leader. In 1964 he became an as an infantry officer after completing Officer Candidate School and return to the Paratroopers Brigade as a platoon leader. In the The Six Day War he served as a company commander in the Brigade's 50 battalion and fought in The Gaza Strip. Afterwords he served as the battalion's executive officer. During the Yom Kippur War Yair took command on the 50th paratroop battalion who's commander was ill, and led it through the battles in the Golan Heights and in the Sinai Peninsula. Later on he commanded a reserve Paratrooper Brigade and the IDF's Officer Candidate School (Bahad 1). In the 1982 Lebanon War he led the 35th paratroopers Brigade during heavy fighting against PLO operatives and the Syrian army. Afterwords he commanded the 91st Division in counter-guerrilla operations in South Lebanon. During the years 1992–1995 he was the head of the IDF's Manpower Directorate and later on he served as Israel's military attaché in the United States.