Colombo, Sri Lanka, Aug. 12 -- Sri Lanka Air Force issued the following news release:
The Change of Command at the Aircraft Engineering Wing (AEW), SLAF Base Katunayake was conducted today (12 August 2026). The traditional Handing Over / Taking Over parade took place at the Wing premises where the outgoing Commanding Officer Group Captain Uditha Wijerathna USP, MSc (Def & Strat Stu), AMITD(SL), psc handed over the command to Air Commodore WADC Wijesinghe USP, MSc (NSWS) MSc (Def & Strat Stu), BSc (Def Stu), AMIE (SL), A Eng, ndc (Pak), psc.
Air Commodore Dushan Wijesinghe assumed the appointment upon his return from the National Defence University (NDU), Pakistan. The outgoing Commanding Officer, Group Captain Uditha Wijerathna will proce...