Eliezer Shkedy is a retired general in the Israel Defense Forces, who served over 30 years in the Israeli Air Force and was Commander of the Israeli Air Force from 2004 -2008.

During his years of service in the IAF, Major General Shkedy accumulated more than three thousand hours of flight time, on a number of airplanes and helicopters, participated as a pilot, a planner and active participant in many operations most notably downing two enemy aircraft in Operation Peace for the Galilee.