serviceyears branch commands birth_place allegiance birth_date rank image article_title name
1966 -- 2006 israel israeli air force israel defense forces tel aviv , israel israel israel august 7 , 1948 30px rav aluf dan halutz.jpg dan halutz
 dan halutz -lrb- דן חלוץ -rrb-
dan halutz

dan halutz -lrb- ; ; born august 7 , 1948 -rrb- is an israeli air force lt. general and former chief of staff of the israel defense forces and commander of the israeli air force .
halutz was appointed as chief of staff on june 1 , 2005 .
on january 17 , 2007 , he announced his resignation .
he has a degree in economics .
he was born to a mizrahi jewish family with origins in iran and iraq .
he is chairman of the etgarim special-needs charity .
