Maj. Gen. (ret.) Dan Tolkowsky, Former Israeli Air Force Commander and Hi-Tech Pioneer, Dies at 104

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Former Air Force Commander, retired Major General Dan Tolkovsky, has passed away at the age of 104, an IDF spokesman announced today (Friday). Tolkovsky left behind three children and will be laid to rest in a full military ceremony on Monday at 2:30 p.m. at the Nahalat Yitzhak Cemetery in Tel Aviv. The IDF Spokesperson's Office said that the Chief of Staff, Major General Eyal Zamir, and the IDF General Staff Forum "bow their heads at the death …

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Tolkovsky commanded the Air Force between 1953 and 1958, including during the Sinai War. He was born and raised in Tel Aviv to a privileged family, and served in the British Air Force during World War II. In the 1980s, he founded a venture capital fund that was one of the first to invest in Israeli high-tech.

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He was a central figure with whom senior defense officials consulted until recent years • He commanded the Air Force in the Sinai War and during the period of the absorption of the first jet aircraft • Founders of the high-tech and venture capital industry in Israel after his release • Farewell to the first general to cross the age of 100

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Tolkovsky was born in Tel Aviv in 1921 and joined the "Hagana" at a young age. In May 1953, he was appointed commander of the Air Force, at a time when the first jet aircraft were being received and the force participated in the Sinai War.