 In Afghanistan, he served as senior adviser and planning manager for Train Advise Assist Command – Air (TAAC – Air).Edström served as a staff officer in the Plans and Policy Department in the Joint Staff ("Ledningsstabens inriktningsavdelning") until he on 16 January 2015 took command as wing commander of Norrbotten Air Force Wing and commander of Luleå Garrison.In addition to Swedish officer training, in 2014 he received a master's degree in strategy from the Air War College in the USA.