Complex sentence: A Major-General since 2008, Eshel is a former head of the IDF Planning Directorate and succeeded Ido Nehoshtan as Commander in Chief of the Israeli Air Force on May 10 2012.
Split into simpler sentences: A Major-General since 2008, Eshel is a former head of the IDF Planning Directorate. He succeeded Ido Nehoshtan as Commander in Chief of the Israeli Air Force on May 10 2012.