Omar Dhani (23 January 1924 – 24 July 2009) was commander of the Indonesian Air Force (TNI-AU) from 1962 until 1965.

Dhani first worked on a plantation, then at the government radio station, in the ministry of information, and then in a bank.

For example, he had issued comments in support of the movement on the front page of the leftist daily Warta Bhakti.

This was apparently a humanitarian gesture aiming to make the Suharto regime open to reform; what those three political prisoners also had in common was that they were never officially members of the Indonesian Communist Party.

[4] Upon his release from jail Dhani became one of the main sources for research into the Air Force's role during the 1965 coup.