Air Force Commander retires [February 28 2014]

Air Force Commander Air Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama retired today from his post. Air Marshal Abeywickrama joined the Sri Lanka Air Force with the eighth intake of Officer Cadets in 1980 and was commissioned as a Pilot Officer in 1982.

Air Marshal Abeywickrama has an admirable record in active combat, and spent most of his career in operational command appointments in the North and East.

He was appointed as Director Operations of the SLAF in 2006. He was appointed as the Commander of the Air Force on February 27, 2011 and was elevated to the rank of Air Marshal.

The new Commander Air Vice Marshal Kolitha Gunatilleke will assume duties tomorrow at the Air Force Headquarters.