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2 contenders for AF commander position

2 contenders for AF commander position Featured

There are two contenders for the position of commander of the Air Force, according to reports reaching Sri Lanka Mirror.

They are Air Vice Marshal Gagan Pulasthi Bulathsinhala and Air Vice Marshal Kapila Jayampathy.

Senior of the two is Bulathsinhala, who was born on 12 September 1961 and joined the AF as a cadet officer on 12 February 1981.

He became a commissioned pilot officer on 08 Aprl 1983, and promoted air vice marshal on 01 November 2012.

Jayampathy, who joined the AF as a cadet officer on 05 March 1982, was commissioned on 01 April 1985 and promoted an air vice marshal on 06 October 2913.

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