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Air Marshal R. A. Udeni P. Rajapaksa RSP & two Bars, VSV, USP is a retired Sri Lanka Air Force officer and pilot who served as Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force June 2023 to January 2025. 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 ...
The professional head of the air force is the Commander of the Air Force, as of 2025 Air Marshal Vasu Badu Edirisinghe 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.
On 2 November 2020, he was appointed as the 18th Commander of the Air Force by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and was also promoted to the three star rank of Air Marshal. [6] [7] He replaced Air Chief Marshal Sumangala Dias who retired. [8] [9] [2] He went into retirement on 29 June, 2023. [10]
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.
In New Zealand, the head of the air force holds the lower rank of air vice-marshal. However, when an air force officer holds the country's senior military appointment, Chief of the New Zealand Defence Force, he is granted the rank of air marshal. The current Chief of Defence Force is an RNZAF officer, Air Marshal Tony Davies.
Head of Resources and Plans, Air Command: 24 July 2023 [8] Christopher R. Melville: Head, Rapid Capabilities Office, Air Command: OBE: 26 July 2023 [8] Alun G. Roberts: Senior Responsible Officer, Air-to-Air Complex Weapons: 31 July 2023 [8] Dorian James: Air Officer, Air Mobility Commander, Air Mobility Force: CBE: 14 August 2023 [8] Steven A ...
Air Marshal Bulathsinghala is a graduate of Air Command and Staff College at Air University in Alabama, USA, and the National Defence College in New Delhi, India. He also has postgraduate degrees of Master of Philosophy in defence and strategic studies from University of Madras in India and a Master of Science in defence studies management from ...
It is the first elected office Rajapaksa has held and he is the first non-career politician and former military officer to serve as president. Following the assumption of the office of president, he announced intentions to form a new government and taking over the portfolio of defence. [ 102 ]