mowhoush was commissioned as a heavy transport and airlift pilot officer in 1969 and commanded a wing of an-12 and an-26 heavy cargo planes during the iran–iraq war. he was in charge of airlifting logistics operations in the iraqi southern air command during the gulf war. he was promoted to brigadier/air commodore rank in 1991 and in 1994 placed in charge of the eastern air command. he was appointed as the commander of the transport and strategic airlifting command in 1999. he had a total of 3125 hours of logged flying experience on his log from 1969 until 1997 on the an-12, il-76, and an-26.