 Between 2010-2011, he was commander of the Adisumarmo airbase, where he became familiar with then-mayor of Surakarta Joko Widodo.He continued to be the spokesman of the air force (2013) and commander at Abdurrahman Saleh (2015).After Jokowi's election, he was appointed military secretary to the president on 25 July 2015 and obtained a promotion to air vice-marshal.