He was commissioned from the Military College on June 1942 in an Artillery regiment of the Egyptian Army. He was aide de camp to General Anwar Sadat between 1954 and 1956. He was chief staff officer and chief of operations in an Artillery Brigade in the 1956 War. He commanded an Air Defense Division from 1965 till 1969, and was the Chief of Operations and Staff of the Air Defense Forces from 1969 till 1975.