Commander of the Israeli Air Force: “I want to tell you what the decisive component is: aircraft over Tehran whenever we choose"
27.06.25
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Commander of the Israeli Air Force, MG Tomer Bar in a briefing to the commanders’ forum, squadrons, and air defense battalions on the day of the operation’s launch.
From the words of the Commander of the Israeli Air Force, MG Tomer Bar: "I want to tell you what the decisive component is, because that also dictates what our flight policy should be. It’s the stand-in capability over Tehran. If you ask me: “Commander, what is the decisive element of victory? Is it Natanz? Is it 80 surface-to-surface missile launchers?” It is aircraft over Tehran whenever we choose — that’s a significant decisive component. Therefore, we need to get there, and we need to create the impact that will make them feel exposed — finished.
And if you ask me what will bring us to that point, it’s only one thing: superiority, superiority, and once again — superiority. This is a prolonged battle and campaign of superiority. From sortie to sortie, there’s a powerful logic here. You take everything possible at the start — from detection, the main control posts, to the scattered air defenses jumping left and right and extending my range by a few kilometers every morning with some launch the Iranians carry out.
Even here, the current situational picture is the best it can be. Truly — we’re on top of it. I said not even one single thing will get through. Count on that. But also, the management of this campaign as it unfolds — that’s significant."
