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 power chief after 4 years, and to not lengthen his tenure within the function for an additional yr, N12 reported on Sunday.
This might imply that Bar is slated to finish his tenure in April, retiring from army service.
The IDF had urged Bar to stay in his function in mild of his achievements throughout Israel’s conflict with Hamas, in addition to actions taken by IAF in putting 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.
Nevertheless, the outcomes of a probe printed in February famous that Bar didn’t take part in a Normal 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 throughout the conflict with Iran, June 13, 2025 (credit score: IDF SPOKESPERSON’S UNIT)
Earlier than these probes have been printed, rumors unfold by IAF sources circulated in January that Bar was planning to resign.
The 2 officers most certainly to interchange 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 task 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-Normal, and joined the IDF’s Normal 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.
