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Omar Dhani

Former Commander in Chief of the Indonesian Air Force

Air Chief Marshal (Ret.) Omar Dhani (23 January 1924 – 24 July 2009) was commander of the Indonesian Air Force (TNI-AU) from 1962 until 1965. He was a leading leftist figure in Indonesia during the Sukarno era.

Early life and career

Dhani first worked on a plantation, then at the government radio station, in the ministry of information, and then in a bank. He enrolled in the Air Force Academy in 1950, and in 1956, attended the Royal Air Force Staff College, Andover in Great Britain. He rose through the ranks to become Minister and Commander of the Air Force in January 1962, succeeded Soerjadi Soerjadarma after the latter was accused of not providing air support during the Battle of Arafura Sea.

He was appointed as the commander of the Korps Siaga, later Korps Mandala Siaga (KOLAGA) during the 1963-1965 Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation, where he commanded three brigades.

Imprisonment and eventual release

His support for Sukarno, and his apparent support for the 30 September Movement in 19

Omar Dhani (23 January 1924-24 July 2009) was the Chief-of-Staff of the Indonesian Air Force from 1962 to 1965, succeding Soerjadi Soerjadarma and preceding Sri Mulyono Herlambang. He fought in the Indonesian-Malaysian War of 1963-1966 against Malaysia as a general of Indonesia.

Biography[]

Omar Dhani was born on 23 January 1924 was born in Surakarta, Surakarta Sultanate, in the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia) to a Muslim family. In 1962 he replaced Soerjadi Soerjadarma as the second Chief-of-Staff of the Indonesian Air Force, having studied at the Royal Air Force Staff College in Andover, United Kingdom in 1956. Dhani commanded the Indonesian Air Force during the Indonesian-Malaysian War on the island of Borneo from 1963 to 1966, but his support of the 30 September Movement (the Indonesian Communist Party) and his loyalty to President Achmad Sukarno led to his downfall during the Transition to the New Order in 1965, when general Suharto seized power. Dhani was imprisoned, but in 1995 he was pardoned and released from prison. Dhani died at the age of 85 in 2009.

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