General Ziya Cemal Kadıoğlu joined the Turkish Air Force in 1978 and graduated from the TÜ AF Academy in 1982. Until 1995, he served as a wingman and instructor jet pilot at Malatya and Eskisehir. After graduating from Air War College in 1997, he performed several duties in 1st Air Force Command HQ/Eskisehir, TÜ AF Academy/Istanbul, 1st Main Jet Base/Eskisehir, and NCO College Regiment/İzmir. Promoting to Brigadier General in 2007, he served as the 11th Air Transportation Base Commander and TÜ AF Intelligence-Planning Management Director in Ankara. In 2011, he was promoted to Major General and served as Air Force Intelligence Department Head/Ankara, then the Air Force Technical Schools Commander/İzmir. Following promotion to Lieutenant General in 2015, he served as the Deputy of Combatant Air Force and CAOCs Commander/Diyarbakır, Chief of Evaluation and Inspection Department/Ankara and Air Force Training Commander/İzmir. He was promoted to General in 2022. Following his promotion, he was appointed as the Combatant Air Force Commander. With a wide spectrum of expertise and 4,800 flight hours, General KADIOĞLU has been the Turkish Air Force Commander since August 2023.