INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Air Vice Marshal (Retired) Sampath Thuyacontha has been appointed as the new Secretary of Defence.Thuyacontha joined the Sri Lanka Air Force
on 17th of May 1988 to the 19th Intake as an Officer Cadet and was commissioned as a Pilot Officer in the General Duties Pilot Branch in the
In 2001, he was posted to No 9 Attack Helicopter Squadron, Sri Lanka Air Force Base Hingurakgoda as the Second in Command and later was
includes Humantarian War to liberate North and East and he managed to log more than 7000 flying hours as an Operations/ VIP and Attack
of Sri Lanka in Islamabad, Pakistan for a period of two years and as the Chief Instructor of the Defence Services Command and Staff Collage
in the year 2014.For his individual acts of gallantry and bravery in the face of the enemy during the Humanitarian Operations he was
