Tomer Bar

Tomer Bar was born in 1969 in Kfar Yehoshua

Bar was born on 11 June 1969 and grew up in Kfar Yehoshua. He is one of 6 children of Erela and Natan Bar. He is married to Tali and has 4 children.

He studied at the Air Command and Staff College in Montgomery, Alabama. He is a graduate of the National Security College and holds a master's degree in political science from the University of Haifa.

Bar joined the IDF in 1987 and finished the pilot course with honors in 1989. He flew F-16 and later F-15 jets and commanded 69 Squadron during the Second Lebanon War. He later led the Flight Academy and Tel Nof Airbase, and served as Air Force chief of staff.

In 2020 he became a major general and head of the IDF Force Design Directorate. In April 2022 he took command of the Air Force. In 2023 he dealt with reservist pilots refusing to serve in protest of the judicial reform.

He commanded the Air Force after the Hamas attack of 7 October 2023, in the Gaza war and in the wars with Iran, and flew combat sorties himself. In November 2025 the chief of staff gave him a command note over the Air Force's failure on 7 October. Omer Tischler replaced him in May 2026.