Keren Tendler

Sgt. Maj. Keren Tendler (died August 12, 2006) was Israel's first female helicopter flight mechanic, soon after a court order allowed women to serve in combat positions.

She was the first female Israeli soldier to die on active duty since the killing of Cpl. Keren Ya’akobi in Hebron in December 2002. She was killed during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict, along with four other crew members, when their helicopter, a CH-53 Sea Stallion Yas'ur, was shot down upon lifting off after deploying troops in Lebanon. A fund was established in her name to help other young women become flight mechanics.