Past Commanders

Air Commodore
GC Bladon

05th May 1950 - 24th Oct 1958

Air Vice Marshal
JL Barker

24th Oct 1958 -12th Nov 1962

Air Vice Marshal
ER Amarasekara

12th Nov 1962 - 31st Dec 1970

Air Chief Marshal
PH Mendis

01st Jan 1971 - 01st Nov 1976


Air Chief Marshal
WDH Goonetileke

01st Nov 1976 - 30th Apr 1981

Air Chief Marshal
DC Perera

01st May 1981 - 30th April 1985

Air Chief Marshal
AW Fernando

01st May 1985 - 31st July 1990

Air Chief Marshal
MJT De S Gunawardena

01st Aug 1990 - 16th Feb 1994


Air Chief Marshal
OM Ranasinghe

17th Feb 1994 - 05th Mar 1998

Air Chief Marshal
J Weerakkody

06th Mar 1998 - 15th July 2002

Air Chief Marshal
GD Perera

16th July 2002 - 11th June 2006

Marshal of the Air Force
WDRMJ Goonetileke

11th June 2006 - 27th February 2011


Air Chief Marshal
HD Abeywickrama

27th February 2011 - 27th February 2014

Air Chief Marshal
KA Gunatilleke

27th February 2014 - 15th June 2015

Air Chief Marshal
GP Bulathsinghala

15th June 2015 - 12th September 2016

Air Chief Marshal
KVB Jayampathy

13th September 2016 - 29th May 2019


Air Chief Marshal
DLS Dias

30th May 2019 - 02th November 2020

Air Chief Marshal
SK Pathirana

02th November 2020 - 29th June 2023

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