Commander of the IAF: “I see great significance in this array of potential air force cadets in collaboration with Israel Sci-Tech Schools Network. It should be extended”
On Monday October 26th, Israel Air Force (IAF) Commander Major General Ido Nechustan and other senior officers visited the Maale Adumim School for Aviation & Space .
Major General Nechustan was welcomed by the students with a parade they perform every morning.
The visitors gathered to hear the principal, Mr. Nissim Iluz, talk about the activities of the school and the special cadet track. They toured the campus together with Israel Sci-Tech Schools Network’s Director General, Zvi Peleg and spoke with 100 cadets studying electronics, computers, biotechnology, biomedicine and science & engineering specializing in aviation and space. They also visited the unique observatory which is an integral part of the studies in the astronomy and astrophysics tracks and is also used for after-school clubs for children from Maale Adumim and the greater Jerusalem area.
85% of the students are categorized as air force cadets and wear uniforms at school. They constitute an elite technological reserve of future skilled technicians and practical engineers for the IAF technical support system. The majority of the students continue on to practical engineering studies.
Israel Sci-Tech Schools Network’s Director General, Zvi Peleg said: “The Israel Sci-Tech Schools Network is playing an important role in positioning the spearhead of Israeli society, and the IAF has to do its best to support this educational endeavor in light of the quality and achievements of its soldiers and the human resource they represent. We must do everything possible to extend our collaboration in technology and cadet education.”
Mr. Peleg asked the Air Force commander to develop additional activities for cadets in the towns of Ramle, Or Yehuda and the religious Spanian school in Jerusalem. “The more we work together in our, value-laden, technological, educational efforts, the higher the quality of tomorrow’s generation.”
Major General Nechustan took this opportunity to say the he would do everything in his power to assist the development of technology education which is so essential to both the IDF and the country in general. To the students he stressed the importance of the cadet track: “When people see a fighter plane take off, they are not always aware of the fact that hundreds of soldiers worked hard to get it ready, and therein lies the importance of the technology cadets setup the IAF is working on in collaboration with the Israel Sci-Tech Schools Network.”