Three (03) Officers from Operations Air Branch, two(02) Junior Non Commissioned Officers from Logistic Assistance trade and thirteen (13) Airmen from Operations Ground trade received their Fighter Controller’s Badge, Load Master and Air Gunner Brevets respectively from the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana today (26 November 2021) at AFHQ Auditorium.

The fighter controller officers had successfully completed their fighter control training in Bangladesh and India. The two Junior Non Commissioned Officers, who received their Load Master Brevets, had completed their training at SLAF Base Katunayake whilst the airmen who received their Air Gunner Brevets had completed the No.14 Basic Air Gunner’s Training on MI 17 and Bell 212 at SLAF Base Hingurakgoda successfully.

Recipients of Fighter Controller Badges

•    Squadron Leader UD Ariyasena (Qualified in Bangladesh)
•    Squadron Leader WDLPA Silva (Qualified in Bangladesh)
•    Flight Lieutenant MS Iqbal (Qualified in India)

Recipients of Load Master Brevets

•    Corporal Abeydeera IGAS
•    Corporal Dissanayake NDDS

Recipients of Air Gunner Brevets

•    Leading Aircraftman Priyadarshana LRA
•    Leading Aircraftsman Bandara TMSM
•    Leading Aircraftman Gunawardana APPR
•    Leading Aircraftman Gajasinghe CI
•    Leading Aircraftman Sandeepa UWAC
•    Leading Aircraftman Karunarathna MDS
•    Leading Aircraftman Sampath Kumara SMS
•    Corporal Gallage HGDS
•    Leading Aircraftman Wijesiri KAT
•    Leading Aircraftman Karunarathne TGSDS
•    Leading Aircraftman Bandara DMOD
•    Leading Aircraftman Madushan HPSS
•    Leading Aircraftman Senanayake MWPCPK

The Chief of Staff, Air Vice Marshal Prasanna Payoe, Director Air Operations, Air Vice Marshal Kapila Wanigasooriya, Director Ground Operation, Air Vice Marshal Janaka Amerasinghe and Deputy Director Logistics, Air Commodore Nishantha Thilakasinghe also attended the ceremony.