IDF Lt.-Col. Revital Barazani was sworn in as OC Ram 66 Battalion, the Israeli military’s first mobile anti-aircraft battalion.
IDF Lt.-Col. Revital Barazani on Tuesday became the first woman to command an Air Defense Command combat battalion. In the change of command ceremony, Barazani was sworn in as OC Ram 66 Battalion, the Israeli military’s first mobile anti-aircraft battalion.
Barazani, a married mother of three, joined the IDF in 2004 as a combat fighter in charge of the Air Defense Command’s MIM-23 Hawk systems.
She served as an Iron Dome battery commander during Operation Pillar of Defense in 2012 and during Operation Protective Edge in 2014. She was formerly the deputy commander of Ram 66 and most recently served as a squadron commander in the Air Defense Command.
She replaces outgoing commander Lt.-Col. Yoav Biger.
The combat battalion boasts an impressive record of 11 interceptions of enemy aircraft and helicopters, the most of all IDF surface-to-air battalions.
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