during his career he has commanded the no. 1 flying training wing, the no. 2 transport wing and the no. 8 light transport squadron. he had served as the director training, director operations at air force headquarters, commander - northern zonal command, air operations commander north and had been the base commander of slaf katunayake, slaf ratmalana and slaf anuradhapura. prior to his appointment as chief of staff he was the deputy chief of staff at slaf colombo, air force headquarters.