Kapila Jayampathy

Air Chief Marshal Kapila Jayampathy
Kapila Jayampathy, 2017.
Allegiance	Sri Lanka
Branch	Sri Lanka Air Force
Years of service	5 March 1982 - present
Rank	Air Chief Marshal
Unit	No. 4 Squadron SLAF
Commands	Commander of the Air Force Director of Operations at Air Force Headquarters
Battles / wars	Sri Lankan Civil War
Awards	Weera Wickrama Vibhushanaya Rana Wickrama Padakkama Rana Sura Padakkama

Air Chief Marshal Kapila Veedhiya Bandara Jayampathy WWV, RWP, RSP MSc (Intl Rel), MSc (Def & Strat) is the 16th Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} After his retirement he is now appointed as Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to Malaysia. ^[5]

Early life and education

Kapila received his education at Nalanda College Colombo ^{[6] [7]} and is a graduate of PLA National Defense University in Defence Studies. He is the first SLAF officer to be nominated and appointed to the National Defense University of China, where he graduated with distinction and a fellowship. ^[8]

He was presented with Nalanda Keerthi Sri award by Nalanda College in 2016. ^[9]

Military career

Kapila joined Sri Lanka Air Force on 5 March 1982 as an Officer cadet and was commissioned as a Pilot officer in General Duties branch of No. 4 Squadron SLAF in 1985.^{[ citation needed ]} Kapila is a Qualified Helicopter Instructor (QHI) with an exceptional A-2 Instructor grading to his credit and a VVIP Pilot.^{[ citation needed ]}

He was the Commanding Officer of the No. 7 Squadron SLAF at Sri Lanka Air Force Base Hingurakgoda.^{[ citation needed ]} Later in the year 2000 Kapila was appointed as the Commanding Officer of the No. 6 Squadron SLAF and he was flying the Mil Mi-17 helicopters.^{[ citation needed ]}

In January 2005, he was appointed as the Defense Advisor to the Sri Lankan High Commission in Islamabad, Pakistan.^{[ citation needed ]}

In December 2009, he took over duties as the Base Commander Sri Lanka Air Force Base China Bay. Latyer when SLAF Base China Bay was upgraded and renamed as the Air Force Academy, he was re-designated as the Commandant of the Air Force Academy.^{[ citation needed ]}

He has followed Bell Helicopter Transition Courses at Bell Textron, Texas, USA- 1986, Joint Air Warfare Course at IAF in India -1992, Junior Command and Staff Course at PAF in Pakistan -1992, Air Crew Instructors Course at RAF, Cranwell, UK -1996, Defense Resource Management Course, Bangkok, Thailand- 1997, Air Doctrine symposium, Guam, USA- 1998, Cobra Gold Combined Exercise, Bangkok, Thailand- 2001, Defense Resource Management Course – Naval Post Graduate School, Monterey, California USA - 2004, National Defense Course, China in 2008/2009, during his service career.^{[ citation needed ]}

See also

• List of Sri Lankan non-career diplomats

References

1. "New Air Force Commander assumes duties". Archived from the original on 15 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
2. Air Vice Marshal KVB Jayampathy
3. Kfir crash probe: Final report in three weeks
4. Former Air Force Commander hands over duties
5. "13 new appointments to heads of Sri Lankan missions overseas". Archived from the original on 24 August 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
6. New Air Force Commander
7. "Kapila Jayampathy new Air Force Commander". Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
8. ගුවන් හමුදාපති පුටුවට සිව්කොන් සටනක්
9. Nalandians’ Tribute to the Commander of the Air Force

External links

• President appoints new Air Force Chief
• New Sri Lanka Air Force Chief takes over command
• Jayampathy new SLAF Chief ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
• Air Marshal Kapila Jayampathi is the Air Force Commander! Archived 6 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine
• "Air Force Commander pays tribute to Monath Perera". Sri Lanka Airforce. 3 March 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2012.

• "Odds & Ends". Sunday Times. 20 May 2007. Retrieved 22 January 2012.

• "A Sri-Lankan Pilot Killed When Two Kfirs Collide in Mid-Air". Defence Update. 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2012.

• "Kfir crash probe Final report in three weeks". Daily News. 3 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 March 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2012.

Military offices
Preceded by Gagan Bulathsinghala	Commander of the Air Force 15 June 2015 - 12 September 2016	Succeeded by Sumangala Dias