The incumbent Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF), Air Marshal Udeni Rajapaksha, is slated to retire on January 29.
Rajapaksha, who is currently serving on an extension, is the 19th Air Force Commander of Sri Lanka.
He was appointed to the post on June 30, 2023.
The incumbent federal government has actually made a policy choice not to give service extensions beyond December 31, 2024, which has caused Rajapakshas impending retirement.In light of this, Air Vice Marshal Vasu Bandu Edirisinghe is tipped to be designated as the brand-new Air Force Commander.Edirisinghe, who currently functions as the Director General of Planning at SLAF, signed up with the Sri Lanka Air Force in 1991 as an Officer Cadet of the 24th intake.Born in Kandy in 1970, he is an alumnus of St.
Sylvesters College, Kandy.