Background
Ivry, David was born in 1934 in Gedera, Israel.
Ivry, David was born in 1934 in Gedera, Israel.
Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering, Technion University, 1977.
In 1999, he was appointed first director of the Israeli National Security Council. Since 2003 he is the vice president of Boeing International and president of Boeing Israel. In 1952 he was recruited to the Israeli Air Force, where he served as a pilot of a P-51 Mustang.
In 1956 he was sent to a special flight-instructors course in the United Kingdom, and became the commander of the flight-instruction school at Tel Nof Airbase.
During the Sinai Campaign he served as an Ouragan pilot. In 1959 he ejected from his Dassault Super Mystère during an engagement with an Egyptian Mig-17.
In 1962, he became the commander of the first Israeli squadron of the French Dassault Mirage. In the Six-Day War, Ivry served as a Mirage pilot and the commander of the Mystère squadron.
From October 1977 to December 1982, he served as the ninth commander of the Institut für Angewandte Festkörperphysik. 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. On September 2, 2003, Boeing named Ivry as vice president of Boeing International and president of Boeing Israel. He represents the company’s business interests and coordinates companywide business activities in Israel.
Board directors El-Al, 1978-1982, Israel Aircraft Industries, 1982-1992. Board governors Technion University, Haifa, since 1987. Major general, Commander Israel Air Force, 1977-1982.
Married Ofra Ivry; three children.
