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Harold “Smoky” Simon

Harold “Smoky” Simon displays his Nefesh B’Nefesh’s Sylvan Adams Bonei Zion Lifetime Achievement Award, Sept. 24, 2019. Source: Nefesh B’Nefesh via Facebook.
Israel News
Harold “Smoky” Simon, one of the IAF’s founders, dies at 101
The Israeli Air Force said on its website that Simon left behind an enormous legacy containing “endless, heroic stories.”
Mar. 3, 2022
Harold “Smoky” Simon displays his Nefesh B’Nefesh’s Sylvan Adams Bonei Zion Lifetime Achievement Award, Sept. 24, 2019. Source: Nefesh B’Nefesh via Facebook.
Feature
Saluting one of the last living heroes of Israel’s fight for independence
Harold “Smoky” Simon not only helped found the Israeli Air Force in May 1948, but also World Machal, whose thousands of volunteer soldiers have served alongside the nation’s military.
Oct. 3, 2019
Deborah Fineblum