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{{Short description|Israeli diplomat and businessman}}
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  | native_name       = {{Nobold|{{Script/Hebrew|דוד עברי}}}}
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  | image             = David Ivry.jpg
  | caption           = Ivry in October 2001
  | office            = [[Israeli Ambassador to the United States]]
  | term_start        = 2000
  | term_end          = 2002
  | predecessor       = [[Zalman Shoval]]
  | successor         = [[Daniel Ayalon]]
  | order1            = 1st
  | office1           = National Security Advisor (Israel)
  | term_start1       = March 1999
  | term_end1         = January 2000
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  | successor1        = [[Uzi Dayan]]
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  | birth_date        = {{birth year and age|1934}}
  | birth_place       = [[Tel Aviv]], [[Mandate Palestine]]
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  | allegiance        = {{flag|Israel|name=State of Israel}}
  | branch            = [[File:Flag of the Israel Defense Forces.svg|25px]] [[Israel Defense Forces]]
  | serviceyears      = 1952–1982
  | rank              = [[File:IDF aluf rotated.svg|40px]] [[Aluf]] (Major General)
  | commands          = Commander of the flight-instruction school at [[Tel Nof Airbase]], Commander of the first [[Israel]]i squadron of the French [[Dassault Mirage]], Commander of the [[Israeli Air Force]]
  | battles           = [[Suez Crisis]]<br />[[Six-Day War]]<br />[[War of Attrition]]<br />[[1982 Lebanon War]]<br />[[South Lebanon conflict (1982–2000)|South Lebanon conflict]]
  | laterwork         = Director of the [[Israeli National Security Council]]
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'''David Elkana Ivry''' ({{langx|he|דוד אלקנה עברי}}; born 1934) is a Major General (retired) in the [[Israel Defense Forces|Israeli Defense Forces (IDF)]]. As commander of the [[Israeli Air Force]] (IAF) he played a key role in [[Operation Opera]], the destruction of the Iraqi nuclear reactor located {{convert|990|mi|km}} from Israel, in 1981.<ref>{{Cite news |title='Israel's Existential Threat Is From Within': David Ivry, a Pillar of Israeli Defense for Decades, Tells All |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-02-23/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/israels-existential-threat-is-from-within-a-pillar-of-israeli-defense-tells-all/0000018d-d14b-d74b-addf-d77bd0250000 |access-date=2024-03-06 |work=Haaretz |language=en}}</ref> In 1999, Ivry was appointed first director of the [[Israeli National Security Council]]. From 2003 to 2021, he served as the Vice President of [[Boeing]] International and president of Boeing Israel.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www.boeing.com/company/key-orgs/boeing-international/david-ivry.page|title=Boeing: David Ivry|website=www.boeing.com}}</ref> Ivry was the [[List of Israeli ambassadors to the United States|Israeli Ambassador to the United States]] from 2000 to 2002. 

==Biography==
David Ivry was born in [[Tel Aviv]], to Abraham and Shoshana Kruiz<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/david-ivry|title=David Ivry|website=www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org}}</ref> In 1952 he was recruited to the Israeli Air Force to flight course No. 14, where he served as a pilot of a [[P-51 Mustang]]. Following the Czech-Egyptian arms deal, he decided to continue his service in the IAF.

Ivry resides in Ramat Hasharon. He is married to Ofra, with whom he has 3 children.<ref>{{Cite news |title='Israel's Existential Threat Is From Within': David Ivry, a Pillar of Israeli Defense for Decades, Tells All |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-02-23/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/israels-existential-threat-is-from-within-a-pillar-of-israeli-defense-tells-all/0000018d-d14b-d74b-addf-d77bd0250000 |access-date=2024-03-06 |work=Haaretz |language=en}}</ref> His son, Gil Ivry, was an F-16 pilot who died in a training accident in 1987. In 2008 he was awarded honorary member of his home town, Ramat Hasharon.<ref>{{Cite web|title=יקירי רמת השרון לדורותיהם|url=https://ramat-hasharon.muni.il/יקירי-רמת-השרון-לדורותיהם/|access-date=2021-10-18|website=אתר עיריית רמת השרון|language=he-IL}}</ref> 
==Airforce career==
In 1956 he was sent to a special flight-instructors course in the [[UK]], and became an instructor in the IAF's academy in [[Tel Nof Airbase]]. During the [[Suez Crisis|Sinai Campaign]] he served as an [[Dassault Ouragan|Ouragan]] pilot. In 1957 he was appointed as deputy commander of the 113th squadron. In 1959 he ejected from his [[Dassault Super Mystère]] during an engagement with an Egyptian [[Mig-17]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/ISRAEL/Super%20Mystere%20B2.htm |title=Chronological Listing of Israel |access-date=2009-08-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091216164725/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/ISRAEL/Super%20Mystere%20B2.htm |archive-date=2009-12-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 

In 1960 he was appointed commander of the basic squadron at the IAF academy, and in 1961 he was a member of the IAF delegation to France to onboard the IAF's [[Dassault Mirage III|Mirage III]] fighters. In 1962, he became the deputy commander of the first [[Israel]]i squadron of the French [[Dassault Mirage III|Dassault Mirage]]. In 1963 he was appointed as commander of the 109th Mystere squadron, and in 1964 he became commander of the 117th squadron, the first jet squadron in the IAF. In 1966 he became commander of the IAF academy and its first commander after the move from Tel Nof base to Hazerim base.  

In the [[Six-Day War]], Ivry served as a Mirage pilot and the commander of the [[Dassault Mystère IV|Mystère]] squadron. In October 1968 he became head of the Air Division 3 and in 1969 was promoted to colonel. In 1970 he became commander of the Tel Nof base. In 1977 he was promoted to major general and from October 1977 to December 1982, he served as the ninth commander of the IAF. While he was in command, the IAI bases were moved from Sinai to the [[Negev]], the air force took part in [[Operation Litani]] and [[Operation Opera]]. He was in command of [[Operation Mole Cricket 19]] in the early stages of the [[1982 Lebanon War]].<ref name="grant">{{Cite journal
| volume = 85
| issue = June 2002
| last = Grant
| first = Rebecca
| title = The Bekaa Valley Ward
| journal = Air Force Magazine Online
| accessdate = 2008-09-10
| url = http://www.afa.org/magazine/june2002/0602bekaa.asp
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080528212915/http://www.afa.org/magazine/june2002/0602bekaa.asp |archive-date = 2008-05-28}}</ref>

==Public service and diplomatic career==
In 1982 he left the service and became Chairman of the [[Israel Aerospace Industries|Israeli Aerospace Industry (IAI)]] for a short period. In 1983 he returned to service and become deputy Head of the General Staff and Head of the IDFs Operations Division. in 1985 he was appointed again as Chairman of the IAI and during 1986-1996 was the Director General of the Ministry of Defense. He served as head of the Israeli National Security Counsel between March 1999 - January 2000.

In 2002-2002, Ivry was Israel's ambassador to the United States. 

On September 2, 2003, Boeing named Ivry as vice president of Boeing International and president of Boeing Israel. He represented the company’s business interests and coordinated company-wide business activities in Israel.<ref name="auto"/> He retired in 2021 and was succeeded by [[Ido Nehoshtan]], who also served as the commander of the Israeli Air Force (2008-2012).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/boeing-israel-appoints-former-iaf-commander-ido-nehushtan-as-president-680613|title=Boeing Israel appoints former IAF commander Ido Nehushtan as president|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post|first=Aaron|last=Ahronheim|date=2021-09-29|access-date=2022-11-02}}</ref>

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