R. A. U. P. Rajapaksa

Air Vice-Marshal RAUP Rajapaksa RSP and two Bars, USP (also known as Udeni Rajapaksa) is an air officer of the Sri Lanka Air Force who is incumbent Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Air Force.[1] Prior to that, he served as Director of Operation at Sri Lanka Air Force headquarters.[2]

Air Vice Marshal

R A U P Rajapaksa
Born (1969-01-29) 29 January 1969
AllegianceSri Lanka
Service/branch Sri Lanka Air Force
Years of service1990 - present
Rank Air Vice Marshal
Service number01695
Commands heldChief of Staff of Sri Lanka Air Force
Commandant Air Force Academy China Bay
Base Commander SLAF Base Katunayake
Battles/warsSri Lankan Civil War
Awards

Early life and education

Rajapaksa completed his higher school from Bandaranayake College, Gampaha and Ananda College, Colombo. He joined Sri Lankan Air Force an Officer Cadet on 6 October 1988 in the 6th Officer Cadets’ Intake. He was commissioned as a pilot officer in the GDP Branch in 1990 from Kotelawala Defence Academy. He also completed his graduation from the Air Command and Staff College, Air University, Alabama, USA and then from the prestigious Royal College of Defence Studies (rcds), UK in International Security and Strategic Leadership Studies.[3]

Career

Rajapaksa was appointed as Director, Air Operations at Air Force Headquarters from 18 March 2022 to September 2022. He also commanded SLAF Academy, China Bay as the Commandant in 2020. Before that, he served as Air Secretary from 2016.[4] Then, he was Commander of SLAF Base Katunayake.[5] On 1 April 2020 he promoted to Air Vice Marshal from Air Commodore and became Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Air Force on September, 2022.

Personal life

Udeni is married to Mrs. Inoka Kamani Alwis and the couple is blessed with a daughter and a son.[6]

References
  1. Walpola, Thilina. "Udeni new SLAF Chief of Staff". Retrieved 2022-09-26.
  2. "INTER UNIT VOLLEYBALL AND BEACH VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS - 2022 | Sri Lanka Air Force". www.airforce.lk. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
  3. Walpola, Thilina. "Udeni new SLAF Chief of Staff". Retrieved 2022-09-26.
  4. "Air Force gets new Chief of Staff". Sri Lanka News - Newsfirst. 2022-09-13. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
  5. "SLAF AOW repairs aircraft in SL". www.dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
  6. "Spectrum | Sundayobserver.lk - Sri Lanka". archives.sundayobserver.lk. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
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