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Air Chief Marshal R. A. Udeni P. Rajapaksa RSP & two Bars, VSV, USP is a retired Sri Lanka Air Force officer who served as the Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force from June 2023 to January 2025. [1] Previously, he served as Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Air Force , Director Air Operations, Base Commander SLAF Katunayake and Commandant of the ...
Air Chief Marshal Udeni Rajapaksa RWP, VSV, USP: 30 June 2023: 28 January 2025: 1 year, 242 days: No. 2 Squadron SLAF No. 8 Squadron SLAF: 20 Air ...
Air Vice Marshal Udeni Rajapaksa [61] In 1956, with the departure of the RAF from RAF Negombo, the Royal Ceylon Air Force took over and renamed the station RCAF Katunayake. With the construction of the Bandaranaike International Airport, a major portion of the air base was taken over.
A Sri Lankan aircraft crashed Monday morning killing the two trainee pilots onboard, the country's air force spokesman said. The Chinese-built PT-6 plane crashed during a training session after ...
Air Vice Marshal Gagan Bulathsinghala: 2014: 14 June 2015: Air Vice Marshal Gagan Bulathsinghala was appointed as 15th Commander of the Air Force and promoted to Air Marshal. Air Vice Marshal C.R. Gurusinghe: 1 February 2016: Air Vice Marshal Sumangala Dias: 1 October 2016: 28 May 2019: Air Vice Marshal Sumangala Dias was appointed as 17th ...
In early 2020, the Federal Air Marshal Service announced that it would be transitioning to the Glock 19 Gen 5 9mm handgun, and it awarded SIG Sauer the contract for ammunition. [citation needed] Early in the program in the 1970s, Air Marshals carried the Charter Arms .44 Bulldog revolver loaded with Glaser Safety Slugs (a type of frangible ...
The air marshal played by Peter Sarsgaard is a central character in the suspense thriller Flightplan, starring Jodie Foster, Erika Christensen and Sean Bean. [26] In the movie Non-Stop, the plot revolves around a US air marshal (Liam Neeson) who is accused of killing passengers while en route from New York to London. [27]
Air Marshal Vasu Bandu Edirisinghe, WWV, RWP, RSP & 2 bars, USP (born 20 June 1970) is a senior Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) officer, currently serving as the 20th Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force, since 29 January 2025.