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Article: Peled was Israeli Air Force chief
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- Daily Breeze
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- July 15, 2002
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Peled was Israeli Air Force chief
JERUSALEM (AP) -- BennyPeled, who commanded the Israeli Air Force
during the 1973 Mideast war and the dramatic rescue of Israeli
hostages in Entebbe, Uganda, in 1976, has died of emphysema. He was
74. Peled, a retired major general, was highly respected as a
fighter pilot and as head of the air force, but he also had a
reputation as a controversial figure who often quarreled with
Israel's political leadership.
"He was one of the outstanding pilots and commanders of the air
force," Prime Minister ...