Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force Air Marshal Gagan Bulathsinghala visited “USS Blue Ridge”, in Colombo port on 26 March 2016.

The United States Navy's 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge and the embarked 7th Fleet staff arrived in Colombo Saturday (March 26) on a goodwill mission. USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) is the lead ship of the two Blue Ridge–class command ships of the United States Navy, and is the command ship of the United States Seventh Fleet.

Chief of Defence Staff Air Chief Marshal Kolitha Gunatilleke, Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne, Chief of Staff of Sri Lanka Army Major General Milinda Peiris, U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka Mr. Atul Keshap, Senior officers of US Navy's 7th Fleet flagship and Sri Lanka Navy were also present on the occasion.