According to Israel Air Force officials, one of every five of the graduates from the IAF�s summer 2010 pilot training program was not born in Israel. The graduation ceremony will take place on Thursday, at which time the new pilots will officially receive their wings. In a ceremony today (Monday, June 28th), the pilots received their officer�s rank, 2nd lieutenant.

Some other interesting facts regarding the IAF�s newest pilots:
��One-third speak another language at the level of a mother tongue
��17% of their mothers are teachers
��47.5% of the graduates live in northern Israel
��47.5% live in Central Israel
��5% live in the southern areas
��45% of the graduates belonged to a youth organization prior to military service
��12.5% did a year of community service prior to enlisting

(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)