at the first month of the war of attrition, goren served in the 117 squadron (dassault mirage iii), and on july 8, 1969 he shot down a syrian mig-21 using a python missile during an air battle. on july 24, he shot down an egyption su-7 that infiltrated sinai in an attempt to attack idf posts. after these air battles he was promoted to deputy commander of the skyhawk squadron. in which he flew up to the end of the war of attrition around 160 operational missions.