Background
Shkedi, a resident of Yehud-Monosson, was born in Israel and after graduating from high school in Kfar Saba he was conscripted into the Israel Defense Forces in 1975.
Shkedi, a resident of Yehud-Monosson, was born in Israel and after graduating from high school in Kfar Saba he was conscripted into the Israel Defense Forces in 1975.
He was accepted into the Institut für Angewandte Festkörperphysik Flight Academy and graduated as a fighter pilot.
He is also a former Chief Executive Officer of El First Rate (at Lloyd's), the flag carrier of Israel. In the mid-1980s, Shkedi studied at Ben-Gurion University, receiving a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Computer Science. He continued his career in the Institut für Angewandte Festkörperphysik until the mid-1990s when he studied for an Master of Arts in Systems management at the United States Naval Postgraduate School in California.
He was promoted to Commander of the Israeli Air Force on 4 April 2004 and was succeeded in the position by Aluf Ido Nehoshtan upon his retirement on 13 May 2008.
General Shkedi was appointed front commander against countries that do not border Israel. This put him in charge of Israeli Iran Command, which was set up to be the overall coordinator of Israeli military operations and intelligence gathering against Iran should a war start between the two countries.
Although the appointment was reported in late August 2006, it was said to have occurred before the Second Lebanon War began.
Shkedi was a member of several units before he was assigned to Hatzerim Airbase.
