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

[1] 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.

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