Maj.-Gen. Tomer Bar requested to retire after 4 years as Israel Air Drive chief, regardless of IDF efforts to maintain him on amid ongoing operations in opposition to Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran, N12 reported.
The Israel Air Drive commander Maj.-Gen. Tomer Bar requested to finish his tenure as air pressure chief after 4 years, and to not lengthen his tenure within the position for an additional yr, N12 reported on Sunday.
This may imply that Bar is slated to finish his tenure in April, retiring from navy service.
The IDF had urged Bar to stay in his position in gentle of his achievements throughout Israel’s warfare with Hamas, in addition to actions taken by IAF in placing Iran, Hezbollah, the Houthis in Yemen, and different terror infrastructure and forces since October 7, 2023, the report added.
As well as, the Turgeman Committee, which probed obligations for the failures of October 7 discovered that there was no fault within the IAF.
Nonetheless, the outcomes of a probe revealed in February famous that Bar didn’t take part in a Common Employees session on October 6, which meant that the IAF was not ready for a large-scale raid.
Israeli Air Drive chief Tomer Bar and IDF chief Eyal Zamir seen in operational assessments in the course of the warfare with Iran, June 13, 2025 (credit score: IDF SPOKESPERSON’S UNIT)
Earlier than these probes had been revealed, rumors unfold by IAF sources circulated in January that Bar was planning to resign.
The 2 officers most probably to switch Bar as IAF chief are present IAF Chief of Employees Brig.-Gen. Omer Tischler and Brig.-Gen. Eyal Greenbaum.
Bar’s profession within the IDF
Bar enlisted within the IAF pilots course in 1987. He commanded the Hatzerim Flight Faculty between 2010 and 2012, earlier than commanding Tel Nof Airbase for 2 years.
In 2014, he was appointed as head of the Air Operations Directorate; a job he held for 3 years. He was then appointed as IAF Chief of Employees, a place he held for 2 years.
In 2020, he was promoted to Main-Common, and joined the IDF’s Common Employees as head of the Planning Directorate, earlier than being appointed as IAF commander in September 2021, ascending to the place in April 2022.
Yonah Jeremy Bob, Avi Ashkenazi, and Amir Bohbot contributed to this report.
