 Tomić remained in the armed forces after the war, serving with the Royal Yugoslav Air Force and becoming the commander of the Novi Sad pursuit squadron. In the 1920s, he achieved the rank of colonel. He married a woman named Danica, who later also became a pilot. In April 1941, Tomić was captured as a prisoner of war during the German-led Axis invasion of Yugoslavia. Following World War II, he and his wife immigrated to the United States. Tomić died in Chicago on 20 February 1962, and was survived by his sister in Yugoslavia. He is buried in Libertyville, Illinois.
