Past Commanders

Air Commodore
GC Bladon
05th May 1950 - 24th Oct 1958

Air Vice Marshal
JL Barker
24th Oct 1958 -12th Nov 1962

Air Vice Marshal
ER Amarasekara
12th Nov 1962 - 31st Dec 1970

Air Chief Marshal
PH Mendis
01st Jan 1971 - 01st Nov 1976

Air Chief Marshal
WDH Goonetileke
01st Nov 1976 - 30th Apr 1981

Air Chief Marshal
DC Perera
01st May 1981 - 30th April 1985

Air Chief Marshal
AW Fernando
01st May 1985 - 31st July 1990

Air Chief Marshal
MJT De S Gunawardena
01st Aug 1990 - 16th Feb 1994

Air Chief Marshal
OM Ranasinghe
17th Feb 1994 - 05th Mar 1998

Air Chief Marshal
J Weerakkody
06th Mar 1998 - 15th July 2002

Air Chief Marshal
GD Perera
16th July 2002 - 11th June 2006

Marshal of the Air Force
WDRMJ Goonetileke
11th June 2006 - 27th February 2011

Air Chief Marshal
HD Abeywickrama
27th February 2011 - 27th February 2014

Air Chief Marshal
KA Gunatilleke
27th February 2014 - 15th June 2015

Air Chief Marshal
GP Bulathsinghala
15th June 2015 - 12th September 2016

Air Chief Marshal
KVB Jayampathy
13th September 2016 - 29th May 2019

Air Chief Marshal
DLS Dias
30th May 2019 - 02th November 2020

Air Chief Marshal
SK Pathirana
02th November 2020 - 29th June 2023

Air Chief Marshal
RAUP RAJAPAKSA
29th June 2023 - 28th January 2024