Son of Susan and Isidore. Born on December 25, 1970 in Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina. In the winter of 1971, when he was 11 months old, he immigrated to Israel, and since then lived with his family in Bat Yam. He began his studies at the Herzl elementary school, where he moved to the ORT Melton High School, and at the end of the twelfth grade he continued to the technological reserve Uri Burach, with a multi-faceted personality who was very sensitive and serious. He loved the field of sports – skiing, diving and soccer, and especially ballet as a talented volleyball player: he played for Hapoel Bat Yam and belonged to the school’s volleyball team. 1988 with a delegation that participated in the ORT Olympics in Lyon, France In addition to his athletic pursuits, Uri nurtured a wide variety of hobbies and occupations. They are cooking, sewing, horticulture, building furniture and watching Channel 8. He did not neglect the social field, and was active in the Scout movement in Bat Yam, as a trainee, later as a guide. His great brother was the one who “caught up” with the love of the airplanes and the aircraft, and this love developed over the years: Uri liked to build, catch up and fly, and was a regular participant in the aviation department. Air Force. Uri successfully passed all stages of the course and ended in June 1991, in the direction of fighter pilots. In July 1992 he was assigned to the “Twin Tail Knights” Squadron and began the process of conversion to the largest and most advanced aircraft in the Israel Defense Forces In 1995, after three years in the “Double Tail Knights” Squadron and after his ordination as an operational leader, Ori went to teach at the Flight School, where he served for a year and four months as a guide and a course commander at the “Basic” stage. At the same time, he returned to the F-15 squadron, this time in the sister squadron – the “spearhead” squadron at the Tel Nof base, and in August 1996 he was appointed second lieutenant commander. Flying was Uri’s profession and love. He was considered a veteran and experienced pilot who had excellent command and control qualities. Uri was perceived as serious, caring and with excellent human relations, and stood out in his strong desire to succeed. The squadron was known for its concern for the young pilots and for being an enthusiastic guide. The commander of the squadron testified: “… You came from another squadron, and in a wondrous way, you have taken a central place in our lives … As a pilot, you have mastered the knowledge, the desire to deepen and know more. Your age, but first and foremost, Uri, you were a person, a good friend, attentive to the difficulties and the undecided, a full partner in the joy of the successful … ” From childhood, Uri had a strong and close relationship with his family. His great love lay with his life partner, Na’ama, who was an inseparable part of his life. Uri was always surrounded by friends and was at the center of things. When necessary, he could be serious, but at other times he laughed and laughed a lot. Uri was gifted with a special sense of humor and when the spirit of folly was on him, the others would “enter the atmosphere” and the general mood would rise and rise to the heights. Uri went on his last flight, along with navigator Uri Manor, who was a regular training flight on the Keren Or plane. Uri fell in the course of his mission in the crash of the “Baz” aircraft that flew in an antenna on Mount Eival, north of Tel Aviv. East of Nablus, with Captain Uri Manor, Uri was twenty-seven years old when he died, and was brought to eternal rest in the military cemetery in Holon.H – Danny and her sister – Naomi. After his fall he was promoted to the rank of Major. Lt. Col. Adi, commander of the unit where he served, wrote to the family: “I had the pleasure of working together with Uri in the past seven months, and Uri was an excellent pilot with rare theoretical knowledge, Uri has seen his future in the Air Force, and according to his past, his successes, and especially in view of his qualities, I have no doubt that he was at the threshold of a promising future. ” Asaf wrote: “Standing in front of the stone / suffering and crying, stunned by open mouths / the space left when you left / can never be completed / and you are now up there / really guarding ‘clean skies’ / us taken not because of ‘human factors’ If you are Uri, you are no longer here between life / It is only because there was a heavenly air force / air force of God. God / . / God. “Uri was a loyal friend, a loving, modest and shy man who would be missed by all those who had ever met him, and his family had commemorated him in many different establishments, in order to assimilate his personality and educational qualities. The students of the architecture department of the ORT Ramat Yosef high school in Bat Yam designed the monument “Heaven for eternity,” which expresses Uri’s yearning for heaven: “For a moment – the light is dazzling and illuminates everything / the noise is painful, And the noise is still / remains only the pain that reminds … Uri. “In the” Jubilee “elementary school in Modi’in a garden was named after Uri and every year, Tu Bishvat, there are planting plantations in his memory and also devoted two weeks of study on the subject of positive values. The “Scouts” movement in Bat Yam holds a day of models and kites in its memory. In the Ort Melton High School, where Uri was a graduate, a gym was established in his name for the children of the school, in order to preserve his great love for the various sports. Every year, in the month of his fall, a volleyball match between the ORT Melton team and the school graduates takes place in his memory. In Mount Eival, where Uri Kolton and Uri Manor fall, the monument “Derech Or” was erected, which was built in memory of the settlers of Shavei Shomron – the first to arrive at the site of the accident. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the State of Israel, and in honor of Memorial Day that year, a monument was dedicated in the Jewish cemetery in Argentina dedicated to all Argentine-born victims who fell in Israel.
