In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “commander of the israeli air force from may 1953 to july 1958”. Today it says “retired israeli air force officer who served as a major general in the israeli air force”.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “commander of the israeli air force from may 1953 to july 1958”. Today it says “retired israeli air force officer who served as a major general in the israeli air force”.
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The opening as it read in 2010
Tolkovsky entered the military in 1943, when the Royal Air Force sent a Jewish unit from Palestine to train at a flight school in Rhodesia (present day Zimbabwe ) . Tolkovsky was the first in his group to complete the course, and went on to serve as a fighter pilot and later in aircraft reconnaissance in Greece during World War II . Because of his air experience, Tolkovsky would become a founding member of Israeli air power. He first joined Sherut Avir , the short-lived forerunner of the IAF, where he assisted in the procurement of modern military aircraft from Czechoslovakia .1
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Aluf Dan Tolkowsky (Hebrew: דן טולקובסקי]; also seen as Tolkovsky ) (born January 17, 1921) is a retired Israeli military officer who served as commander of the Israeli Air Force from 1953 to 1958.
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Aluf Dan Tolkowsky (or Tolkovsky , ; born January 17, 1921) is a retired Israeli Air Force officer who served as a major general in the Israeli Air Force (IAF) from 1953 to 1958.A noted investor, he helped start the first Israeli venture capital fund.
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Israeli Air Force major general Aluf Dan Tolkowsky (or Tolkovsky , ; born January 17, 1921) is a retired Israeli Air Force officer who served as a major general in the Israeli Air Force (IAF) from 1953 to 1958. A noted investor, he helped start the first Israeli venture capital fund.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Israeli Air Force major general (born 1921) Aluf Dan Tolkowsky (or Tolkovsky , Hebrew : דן טולקובסקי ; born January 17, 1921) is a retired Israeli Air Force officer who served as a major general in the Israeli Air Force (IAF) from 1953 to 1958. A noted investor, he helped start the first Israeli venture capital fund.
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commander of the israeli air force from may 1953 to july 1958
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retired israeli air force officer who served as a major general in the israeli air force
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