Afterwards he joined the 'School of Eaglets', gaining in 1985 the military rank of second lieutenant[3] in the group of pilots of the passenger aviation corps.

In the period from 1993 to 1995 he studied at the National Defence University in Warsaw, after completing the diploma and he became a certified officer.

He was also a graduate of the Netherlands Defence Academy in The Hague in 1998 and the Air War College in Montgomery, Alabama, United States (2005).

He commanded a military unit in 2003 received the "Mark of Honour of the Polish Armed Forces" for the protection of international maneuvers in "NATO Air Meet 2003".

On 19 April 2007 he was appointed commander of the Air Force and was promoted to major general.