Early career After several years of operating
CASA C-212 light airlift planes, he was promoted to squadron training officer in 1993, and began operating heavier planes by 1996. He was squadron commander by 1997, moving to
Adisumarmo Airport in
Surakarta and later to
Adisucipto as he continued going up the ranks. Between 2010 and 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.
Inspector General of Ministry of Defense Jim Mattis in Jakarta in 2018 After his time under the
Ministry of State Secretariat, he became the
inspector general of the
Ministry of Defense and obtained a promotion to
air marshal. During his time at the defense ministry, he helped uncover a corruption in the purchase of
F-16 and
Apache helicopters, where a
brigadier general was eventually prosecuted and found guilty.
Chief of Staff of the Air Force On 20 January 2017, Jokowi appointed him as the new
chief of staff of the Air Force to replace the retiring
Agus Supriatna. His name had been nominated as one of three by
TNI Commander
Gatot Nurmantyo. Along with this promotion, he was made
air chief marshal.
Commander of the National Armed Forces Due to Gatot's scheduled retirement in 2018, on 4 December 2017 Jokowi (through Secretary of State
Pratikno) submitted a letter to the
People's Representative Council through deputy chairman
Fadli Zon, nominating Hadi as the sole candidate to replace him. He was formally inaugurated on 8 December 2017, making him the second TNI commander to hail from the air force, after
Djoko Suyanto between 2006 and 2007. == Post-military career ==