The Change of Command at the Aircraft Engineering Wing (AEW), SLAF Base Katunayake was conducted yesterday (13 February 2023). The traditional Handing Over / Taking Over parade took place at the Wing premises where the outgoing Commanding Officer Air Commodore MDAG Seneviratne USP, MDS, MSSD, BSc (Aero Eng-USA), ndc (Ban), AMIE (SL), psc handed over the command to Group Captain UCJ Piyasena USP, MSc (Elct Eng), BSc (Elect & Math Sc), Pg Dip (HR), Pg Dip (IR), psc.

Group Captain UCJ Piyasena previously held the appointment of Commanding Officer Aeronautical Engineering Support Wing (ASW) at SLAF Base Ratmalana before being appointed as the Commanding Officer of AEW. The outgoing Commanding Officer, Air Commodore MDAG Seneviratne, will take over a higher appointment as the Deputy Director General General Engineering at AFHQ.