MAJOR GENERAL İSMAİL TAŞ (1980-2) WAS BORN IN 1959 IN KIRIKKALE. AFTER COMPLETING HIS PRIMARY, SECONDARY, AND HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION IN KIRIKKALE, HE ATTENDED THE TURKISH AIR FORCE ACADEMY (TuAFA). HE GRADUATED FROM TuAFA IN 1980 AS A 2^ND LIEUTENANT AND WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 2^ND MAIN JET BASE COMMAND FOR FLIGHT TRAINING.  

AFTER COMPLETING HIS FLIGHT TRAINING AND F-100 COMBAT READINESS TRAINING SUCCESSFULLY, HE WAS ASSIGNED TO 7^TH MAIN JET BASE 172^ND SQUADRON FOR F-4 COMBAT READINESS TRAINING. FOLLOWING HIS COMBAT READINESS TRAINING, HE SERVED AT THE 173^RD AIR DEFENSE SQUADRON AS AN AIR DEFENSE PILOT.   

IN 1987, HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 3^RD MAIN JET BASE 131^ST SQUADRON. AFTER COMPLETING HIS EDUCATION AND TRAINING AT THE AIR WAR COLLEGE BETWEEN 1988 AND 1990, HE SERVED AS THE FLIGHT COMMANDER AT TuAFA. IN 1992, HE WAS RE-ASSIGNED TO 3^RD MAIN JET BASE COMMAND AND SERVED AS 131^ST SQUADRON OPERATIONS OFFICER, BASE TRAINING MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS OFFICER, 132^ND WEAPONS TACTICS AND STANDARDIZED SQUADRON COMMAND OPERATIONS TRAINING OFFICER.

IN 1995, HE SERVED AT NATO ALLIED AIR FORCES SOUTH HEADQUARTERS, PLANS AND POLICIES DIVISION NAPOLY/ITALY AS HEADQUARTERS OFFICER. IN 1998, HE WAS ASSIGNED TO 3^RD MAIN JET BASE 132^ND SQUADRON WEAPONS TACTICS AND STANDARDIZED SQUADRON COMMAND AS THE SQUADRON COMMANDER.

IN 1999, HE SERVED AT THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY GENERAL, CHIEF OF COORDINATION OF TURKISH AIR FORCE COMMAND AND IN 2001, HE WAS ASSIGNED TO 4^TH MAIN JET BASE AND SERVED AS THE CHIEF OF EVALUATION AND INSPECTION, AND THE CHIEF OF OPERATIONS.

BETWEEN 2003 AND 2005, HE SERVED AS THE CADET WING COMMANDER IN TuAFA. IN 2005, HE WAS PROMOTED TO MAJOR GENERAL AND ASSIGNED TO AIR TECHNICAL SCHOOLS AND NCO COLLEGE COMMAND .

BETWEEN 2006 AND 2008, MAJOR GENERAL İSMAİL TAŞ SERVED AS THE VICE CHIEF OF LOGISTICS AT NATO EUROPE ALLIED COMMAND, JOINT HEADQUARTERS, LISBON/PORTUGAL.

IN 2008, MAJOR GENERAL İSMAİL TAŞ WAS ASSIGNED AS THE CHIEF OF PERSONNEL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT DIVISION OF THE TURKISH AIR FORCE COMMAND. HE WAS PROMOTED TO MAJOR GENERAL AS OF AUGUST 30, 2009.

MAJOR GENERAL İSMAİL TAŞ WAS ASSIGNED TO THE TURKISH AIR FORCE ACADEMY AS THE TuAFA COMMANDER AS OF AUGUST 13, 2009.

MAJOR GENERAL İSMAİL TAŞ IS MARRIED TO MRS.NERMİN TAŞ AND HAS TWO CHILDREN. HE SPEAKS ENGLISH FLUENTLY.