Commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force, General Amir-Ali Hajizadeh was the most significant of the dead leadership.
He created and oversaw the ballistic missile program and the placement of SAM sites - he was also responsible for the Reaper drone shoot downs. There was nothing much of an air force to oversee.
The ballistic missile program was the one thing Iran had that the Israelis feared. Last time Iran used them, 40 got through Israeli systems and the US THAAD System. If Mossad succeeded in taking out the 1,000 Iranian ballistic missiles, then Israel has nothing to fear. And Iran becomes a toothless running dog, feared by no one in the region.
Hopefully, Israel has located the manufacturing sites and will take them out.
“The ballistic missile program was the one thing Iran had that the Israelis feared”
I saw one report that Israel had covert drone bases inside Iran (a la Operation Spiderweb), that attacked Iran’s ballistic missile counter strike capability last night.