Key Information
Reference code
FIFTY YEARS WAR 2/37
Title
Transcript of interview, 1997, with Ran Ronen, former Israeli Air Force air base commander
Date(s)
- 1997 Jan 20 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
20pp
Scope and content
Typescript transcript of interview with Ran Ronen, Israeli Air force squadron commander 1967, and Commander of Tel Nof Air Base 1973, describing the visit of Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli Chief of Staff 1964-1968, to Tel Nof air base (2 Jun 1967), his role in the Israeli attack on Egyptian air fields of In-Shass and Gardaka, 5 Jun 1967; the speech to the nation by Levi Eshkol, Israeli Prime Minister 1963-1969, (28 May 1967); threatened of attack against Israel, 15 May 1973; response at Tel Nof air base to surprise attack during Yom Kippur festival, 6 Oct 1973; and decision of Golda Meir, Israeli Prime Minister 1969-1974, to delay air strikes on Syria, 6 Oct 1973. 20pp