In the early years of his service, he flew the Hawker Hunter, the Folland Gnat and the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21.

[3] For his stint as Commanding Officer of the squadron, he was awarded the bar to the Vayu Sena Medal on 26 January 1982.

[7] Promoted to the rank of Group Captain, he served as the Chief Operations Officer of the Maharajpur Air Force Station in Gwalior.

[2] In January 1990, he took command of the premier base for the Mikoyan MiG-29 and SEPECAT Jaguar maritime aircraft - Lohegaon Air Force Station.

After a short stint, he was appointed AOC-in-C South Western Air Command (SWAC) at Jodhpur in November.

On 26 January 1998, he was awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal for distinguished service of the highest order.

He oversaw this move and the new HQ SWAC was inaugurated on 1 May 1998 by the then Chief Minister of Gujarat Keshubhai Patel.

[14] He served as full tenure of three years and relinquished command on 31 December 2004, handing over to Air Chief Marshal Shashindra Pal Tyagi.