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|5 || || [[Air Vice Marshal]] || [[Harry Goonatilake]] || 1 November 1976 || 30 April 1981 || [[No. 2 Squadron SLAF]] || [[Uttama Seva Padakkama|USP]] |
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|11 ||<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Air Chief Marshal Donald Perera.jpg|80px]] -->|| [[Air Marshal]] || [[Donald Perera]] || 16 July 2002 || 11 June 2006 || [[No. 2 Squadron SLAF]] || [[Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya|VSV]], [[Uttama Seva Padakkama|USP]], NDC, PSC |
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|12 |||| [[Air Marshal]] || [[Roshan Goonatilake]] || 11 June 2006 ||27 February 2011 || [[No. 4 Squadron SLAF]] || [[Rana Wickrama Padakkama|RWP]] & BAR, [[Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya|VSV]], [[Uttama Seva Padakkama|USP]], NDC, PSC |
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|13 || [[File:Harsha Abeywickrama.jpg|80px]] || [[Air Marshal]] || [[Harsha Abeywickrama]] || 27 February 2011 || 28 February 2014 || [[No. 5 Squadron SLAF]] || [[Rana Wickrama Padakkama|RWP]] & BAR, [[Rana Sura Padakkama|RSP]], [[Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya|VSV]], [[Uttama Seva Padakkama|USP]], RCDS, PSC, QFI |
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|14 || [[File:Air Chief Marshal Kolitha Aravinda Gunatilleke.jpg|80px]] || [[Air |
|14 || [[File:Air Chief Marshal Kolitha Aravinda Gunatilleke.jpg|80px]] || [[Air Marshal]] || [[Kolitha Gunathilake]] || 28 February 2014 || 15 June 2015 || [[No. 2 Squadron SLAF]] || [[Rana Wickrama Padakkama|RWP]] & BAR, [[Rana Sura Padakkama|RSP]], [[Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya|VSV]], [[Uttama Seva Padakkama|USP]], NDC, PSC, QFI |
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|15 || || [[Air Marshal]] || [[Gagan Bulathsinghala|Gagan Pulasthi Bulathsinghala]] || 16 June 2015 || 14 September 2016 || [[No. 4 Squadron SLAF]] || [[Rana Wickrama Padakkama|RWP]], [[Rana Sura Padakkama|RSP]], [[Uttama Seva Padakkama|USP]], NDC, PSC |
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|16 || [[File:Air Force Chief Marshall Kapila Jayampathy and Rear Adm. Dharmendra Wettewa.jpg|80px]] || [[Air Marshal]] || [[Kapila Jayampathy]] || 15 September 2016 || present || [[No. 4 Squadron SLAF]] || [[Weera Wickrama Vibhushanaya|WWV]], [[Rana Wickrama Padakkama|RWP]], [[Rana Sura Padakkama|RSP]] |
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==Notes== |
==Notes== |
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* [[Roshan Goonatilake]] is the son of [[Harry Goonatilake]] |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
Revision as of 15:35, 30 May 2019
Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force | |
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since 15 September 2016 | |
Sri Lanka Air Force | |
Member of | National Security Council |
Reports to | Ministry of Defence Chief of Defence Staff |
Seat | Air Force Headquarters, Kumaran Rutnam road, Colombo 2 |
Appointer | The President |
Term length | Not fixed Extendable |
Constituting instrument | Air Force Act, No. 41 of 1949 |
Formation | 2 March 1951 as Commander of the Royal Ceylon Air Force |
First holder | Group Captain Graham Bladon (as Commander RCyAF) |
Deputy | Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Air Force |
Sri Lanka Air Force |
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The Commander of the Air Force is the professional head of the Sri Lanka Air Force. The current Commander of the Air Force is Air Marshal Kapila Jayampathy. It is a position comparable to that of Chief of the Air Staff of the Royal Air Force. The Chief of Staff of the Air Force acts as a deputy commander within the command structure.
In the recent past all serving air force commanders have been of the rank of air marshal, promoted to the honorary rank of air chief marshal on retirement or on promotion to Chief of Defence Staff (CDS).
List of commanders (including Commanders of the Royal Ceylon Air Force)
Notes
- Roshan Goonatilake is the son of Harry Goonatilake