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Air Marshal R. A. Udeni P. Rajapaksa RSP & two Bars, VSV, USP is a senior Sri Lanka Air Force officer and pilot currently serving as Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force since June 2023. 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 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.
The professional head of the air force is the Commander of the Air Force, as of 2023 Air Marshal Udeni Rajapaksa who reports directly to the Minister of Defence. The Commander of the Air Force exercises operational and administrative control of the air force from the Air Force Headquarters within the Defence Headquarters complex in Akuregoda.
Air Vice Marshal Udeni Rajapaksa [59] 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.
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Busiest routes at Allama Iqbal International Airport (by number of flights weekly) Rank City Country Number of flights Airlines 1 Karachi Pakistan: 61 airblue, Pakistan International Airlines, Serene Air, AirSial, Fly Jinnah: 2 Jeddah Saudi Arabia: 33 airblue, Pakistan International Airlines, Saudia: 3 Dubai United Arab Emirates: 26
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 Sumangala Dias: 1 October 2016: 28 May 2019: Air Vice Marshal Sumangala Dias was appointed as 17th Commander of the Air Force and promoted to Air Marshal ...
Istanbul Airport (IATA: IST, ICAO: LTFM) [5] is the larger of two international airports serving Istanbul, Turkey. It is located in the Arnavutköy district on the European side of the city. It is the largest airport in Turkey and the 2nd busiest airport in Europe .