He is the son of Major General Jiang Bo (江波), who was deputy political commissar of the Shaanxi Military District.

[1] Jiang served as commander of the PLAAF 14th Fighter Division, and chief of staff of the 8th Corps in December 1993.

He was appointed commander of the Dalian Air Base in October 1999, and deputy chief of staff of PLAAF in 2001.

[1] In December 2004, Jiang became commander of the Nanjing Military Region Air Force and concurrently deputy commander of the Nanjing MR.[1] On 3 June 2006, a PLAAF KJ-200 crashed in Guangde County, Anhui Province, killing 40 people on board.

Jiang was among about a dozen military officers who were held responsible and punished in the aftermath of the accident.