İbrahim Fırtına

Halil İbrahim Fırtına (born 1941 in Ordu, Turkey) is a retired Turkish Air Force general and Commander of the Turkish Air Force.^[1]

Halil İbrahim Fırtına
Born	1941 (age 83–84) Ordu, Turkey
Allegiance	Turkey
Branch	Turkish Air Force
Years of service	1962–2005
Rank	General
Commands	Turkish Air Force
Battles / wars	Turkish invasion of Cyprus

Fırtına retired in 2005. He was tried in the alleged "Sledgehammer" coup plan conspiracy by senior members of the Turkish armed forces.^[2][3][4]

Fırtına was awarded with Legion d'honneur in 2006, but he declined the award.^[5]

Military offices
Preceded by Cumhur Asparuk	Commander of the Turkish Air Force August 27, 2003–August 25, 2005	Succeeded by Faruk Cömert