Giora Epstein Military person

Colonel Giora "Hawkeye" Epstein (Hebrew: גיורא אפשטיין‎, born 1938), today Giora Even (Hebrew: גיורא אבן‎), is a retired colonel in the Israeli Air Force (IAF) and a fighter ace credited with 17 kills, 16 against Egyptian jets, making Epstein the ace of aces of modern, supersonic fighter jets and of the Israeli Air Force.Epstein was an active IAF pilot from 1963 until 1997, when he retired at age 59. He, like many retired IAF fliers, later worked as captain for El-Al Airlines.