History
Israel Aerospace Industries was founded in 1953 as Bedek Aviation Company under the initiative of Shimon Peres, then Director general of the Ministry of Defense, in order to maintain Israel Defense Forces (IDF) aircraft'. The company originally had 70 employees and recruited American born aviation expert Al Schwimmer as the company's founder and first president.
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