He later attended the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School in Fort Bragg, North Carolina in 1986.

[3] Under Dini's command, the Somali Armed Forces and allied AMISOM troops managed to flush out the Al-Shabaab insurgents from most urban centers in south and central Somalia.

Attended by Somali Minister of Defence Abdihakim Mohamoud Haji-Faqi, Ugandan Ambassador to Somalia Nathan Mugisha and various AU officials, AMISOM Force Commander Lt Gen Andrew Gutti thanked Dini and Dhega Badan for their services, stating that "we in AMISOM have been proud to serve alongside such great Somali patriots[...] under Gen Dini's leadership, the Somali National Security Forces have become better organized and more effective as evidenced by the successes they have achieved against the Al Qaeda-affiliated al Shabaab terror group across the country.

[1] On 1 July 2015, Abdulkadir Sheikh Dini reopened the headquarters of the Somali Air Force.

Located in Afisone, Mogadishu, the move would facilitate the re-establishment of the air force after 25 years of civil war.