Tomer Bar

Tomer Bar
Commander of the Israeli Air Force
Assumed office
April 4, 2022
Prime MinisterNaftali Bennett
Yair Lapid
Benjamin Netanyahu
IDF ChiefAviv Kochavi
Herzi Halevi
Preceded byAmikam Norkin
Personal details
Born1969 (age 54–55)
Kfar Yehoshua, Israel
Military service
Allegiance Israel
Branch/service Israeli Air Force
Years of service1989–present
Rank Major general
Commands133 Squadron
69 Squadron
Tel Nof Airbase
Air Force Operations Department
Israeli Air Force Flight Academy
Tel Nof Airbase
IAF Chief of Air Staff
IDF Force Design Directorate
Israeli Air Force
Battles/warsSecurity Zone in Lebanon Campaign
Second Intifada
Operation Defensive Shield
Second Lebanon War
Operation Cast Lead
Operation Pillar of Defense
Operation Brother's Keeper
Operation Protective Edge
Operation Swords of Iron

Aluf Tomer Bar (Hebrew: תומר בר; born 1969) is an Israeli general currently commanding the Israeli Air Force. Before his selection to succeed Amikam Norkin as commander of the IAF, Bar served as head of the IDF Force Design Directorate, a reorganized version of what was once the Planning Directorate.[1]

  1. ^ Ari Gross, Judah (September 27, 2021). "Tomer Bar picked as next head of the Israeli Air Force". Times of Israel. Retrieved April 8, 2022.

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