Commander of the Air Force (Sri Lanka)

















































Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force


Incumbent
Air Marshal Kapila Jayampathy
since 15 September 2016

Sri Lanka Air Force
Member ofNational Security Council
Reports to
Ministry of Defence
Chief of Defence Staff
SeatAir Force Headquarters, Kumaran Rutnam road, Colombo 2
AppointerThe President
Term lengthNot fixed
Extendable
Constituting instrumentAir Force Act, No. 41 of 1949
Formation2 March 1951; 67 years ago (1951-03-02)
as Commander of the Royal Ceylon Air Force
First holder
Group Captain Graham Bladon (as Commander RCyAF)
DeputyChief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Air Force

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).





Contents





  • 1 List of commanders (including Commanders of the Royal Ceylon Air Force)


  • 2 Notes


  • 3 See also


  • 4 References





List of commanders (including Commanders of the Royal Ceylon Air Force)













































































































































































No.PortraitRankNameAppointmentLeft OfficeUnitDecorations
1Air CommodoreGraham Bladon5 May 195024 October 1958CBE
2Air Vice MarshalJohn Barker24 October 195812 November 1962
CB, CBE, DFC
3Air Vice MarshalRohan Amerasekera12 November 196231 December 1970No. 2 Squadron SLAF
DFC & BAR
4Air Chief Marshal
Deshamanya Paddy Mendis
1 January 19711 November 1976
No. 2 Squadron SLAF
No. 5 Squadron SLAF
IDC, PSC, FBIM QFI
5Air Chief MarshalHarry Goonatilake1 November 197630 April 1981No. 2 Squadron SLAFUSP
6Air Chief MarshalDick Perera1 May 198130 April 1985No. 2 Squadron SLAF
VSV, NDC, PSC
7Air Chief MarshalAndibuduge Fernando1 May 198531 July 1990No. 4 Squadron SLAF
VSV, NDC, PSC
8Air Chief MarshalMakalandage Gunawardena1 August 199016 February 1994No. 2 Squadron SLAF
VSV, NDC, PSC
9Air Chief MarshalOliver Ranasinghe17 February 19945 March 1998No. 4 Squadron SLAF
RWP, VSV, USP, NDC, PSC
10Air Chief MarshalJayalath Weerakkody6 March 199815 July 2002
No. 2 Squadron SLAF
No. 4 Squadron SLAF

RWP, VSV, USP, NDC, PSC, QFI
11Air Chief MarshalDonald Perera16 July 200211 June 2006No. 2 Squadron SLAF
VSV, USP, NDC, PSC
12Air Chief MarshalRoshan Goonatilake11 June 200627 February 2011No. 4 Squadron SLAF
RWP & BAR, VSV, USP, NDC, PSC
13Harsha Abeywickrama.jpgAir Chief MarshalHarsha Abeywickrama27 February 201128 February 2014No. 5 Squadron SLAF
RWP & BAR, RSP, VSV, USP, RCDS, PSC, QFI
14Air Chief Marshal Kolitha Aravinda Gunatilleke.jpgAir Chief MarshalKolitha Gunathilake28 February 201415 June 2015No. 2 Squadron SLAF
RWP & BAR, RSP, VSV, USP, NDC, PSC, QFI
15Air Chief MarshalGagan Pulasthi Bulathsinghala16 June 201514 September 2016No. 4 Squadron SLAF
RWP, RSP, USP, NDC, PSC
16Air Force Chief Marshall Kapila Jayampathy and Rear Adm. Dharmendra Wettewa.jpgAir MarshalKapila Jayampathy15 September 2016presentNo. 4 Squadron SLAF
WWV, RWP, RSP











































Sri Lanka Air Force


Air Force Ensign of Sri Lanka.svg


Components


  • Sri Lanka Air Force

  • Sri Lanka Volunteer Air Force

  • SLAF Regiment

  • SLAF Regiment Special Force


General Information


  • List of bases

  • List of squadrons


History


  • History of the Sri Lanka Air Force


Aircraft


  • List of SLAF aircraft


Personnel


  • Commander of the Air Force

  • Air Force Ranks





  • v

  • t

  • e





Notes




  • Air Chief Marshal Roshan Goonatilake is the son of Air Chief Marshal Harry Goonatilake



See also



  • Sri Lanka Air Force

  • Commander of the Army

  • Commander of the Navy



References



  • Air Force Commanders








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