Ronen (Reiss), Ilan

Ben Leah and Max, was born on October 27, 1943, in Kiryat Ata. Ilan was conscripted into the IDF in July 1961, and he joined the IDF B. In the IAF. He served as an electrician and an aircraft engineer in an air maintenance workshop unit. In this unit, he continued to serve in the regular army, as a professional examiner. Ilan, an excellent technician who knew how to apply his knowledge well, was endowed with a relentless desire to improve products and processes. Curiosity, dedication to work, and a desire to invest, all these characteristics characterize this period in which he served as a young technician. In 1966, Ilan began to study mechanical engineering at the Technion in Haifa. Among his roles in the IAF, Ilan served in a unit of equipment and engineering research, served as commander of an IAF electronic equipment workshop and later as head of a division in the IAF headquarters. In the army he attained the rank of major. Ilan fell during his service on Tu B’Av 5739 (August 8, 1979), and was laid to rest at the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul. He was 35 years old when he fell. Ilan left a wife, two daughters, a parents and a sister. “