Commander of the Air Force (Sri Lanka) explained

Post:Commander
Body:the Sri Lanka Air Force
Native Name:Sinhala; Sinhalese: ශ්‍රී ලංකා ගුවන් හමුදාපති
Incumbent:Air Marshal Udeni Rajapaksa
Incumbentsince:30 June 2023
Member Of:National Security Council
Reports To:Ministry of Defence
Chief of Defence Staff
Residence:Air Force House, Colombo
Seat:Air Force Headquarters, Kumaran Rutnam road, Colombo 2
Appointer:The President
Termlength:Not fixed
Constituting Instrument:Air Force Act, No. 41 of 1949
Formation:
as Commander of the Royal Ceylon Air Force
First:Group Captain Graham Bladon (as Commander RCyAF)
Deputy:Chief 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 Sudarshana Pathirana. 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.

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 appointment to Chief of Defence Staff (CDS).

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