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Amir Eshel
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “pilot officer in the israel defense forces and current commander in chief of the israeli air force”. Today it says “former israeli general who served as commander of the israeli air force and served as director general of the i”.
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Amir Eshel ( Hebrew : אמיר אשל ; born 1959) is a former Israeli general who served as commander of the Israeli Air Force and served as Director General of the Israeli Ministry of Defense until January 2, 2022. "סגן הרמטכ"ל לשעבר מונה למנכ"ל משרד הבטחון" . סרוגים (in Hebrew) .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “pilot officer in the israel defense forces and current commander in chief of the israeli air force”. Today it says “former israeli general who served as commander of the israeli air force and served as director general of the i”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
pilot officer in the israel defense forces and current commander in chief of the israeli air force
Now
former israeli general who served as commander of the israeli air force and served as director general of the i
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