Major General Jonas Wikman graduated from the Air Force Flying Training School in 1993 and began his career as a light attack pilot and flight instructor. He transitioned to flying the J-35 Draken and later the JAS 39 Gripen. Throughout his career as a fighter pilot, General Wikman contributed to the development of the man-machine interface for aircrew. He also gained experience in aviation medicine, eventually serving as Head of the Armed Forces Aeromedical Centre. After completing the advanced command course at the Swedish Defence University in 2009, Jonas Wikman served in the Plans and Finance Department of the Defence Staff. In 2012, he became Commanding Officer of the Flight Test Centre in Linköping. Two years later, he was appointed Chief of Plans in the Joint Force Generation Command. In 2016, Jonas Wikman became the Senior Air Advisor to the NATO Resolute Support Mission in Kabul, Afghanistan. He was subsequently promoted to Brigadier General and appointed Chief of the Joint Materiel and Support Directorate, as well as Assistant Chief of the Joint Force Generation Command. In 2021, he was promoted to Major General and appointed Deputy Chief of Joint Operations where he gained experience during the evacuation operation from Afghanistan and the events surrounding the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine. He held this position until assuming his current command in December 2022.