Iftach Spec­tor is a retired IAF (Israel Air Force) Brigadier-Gen­er­al. Born 1940, raised in Kib­butz, he joined pilot train­ing in 1958 and earned his wings in 1960. He gained hon­ors as fight­er pilot and leader, and is one of jet avi­a­tion’s top­most aces. In the 1973 Yom-Kip­pur War Lt. Col. Spec­tor com­mand­ed F‑4 Phan­tom squadron #107. Lat­er he became the IAF’s Chief of Oper­a­tions. While com­mand­ing a fight­er base, Col. Spec­tor was entrust­ed also with the assim­i­la­tion of the Amer­i­can F‑16 jet fight­er into the IAF, and par­tic­i­pat­ed in the demo­li­tion of the Iraqi nuclear reac­tor Osirak.