donald, perera, chief, marshal, lanka, officer, served, commander, force, from, 2002, 2006, chief, defence, staff, from, 2006, 2009, served, ambassador, lanka, israel, allegiancesri, lankaservice, branchsri, lanka, forcerankair, chief, marshalcommands, heldcom. Air Chief Marshal G Donald Perera VSV USP is a Sri Lanka air officer who served as commander of the Air Force from 2002 to 2006 and Chief of the Defence Staff from 2006 to 2009 He served as Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Israel 1 Donald PereraAllegianceSri LankaService wbr branchSri Lanka Air ForceRankAir Chief MarshalCommands heldCommander of the Sri Lankan Air ForceBattles warsSri Lankan Civil WarAwardsVishista Seva Vibhushanaya Uttama Seva PadakkamaOther workAmbassador to Israel Contents 1 Early life and education 2 SLAF career 3 Later work 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksEarly life and education editPerera was educated at S Thomas College Mount Lavinia SLAF career editPerera joined the Sri Lanka Air Force as an officer cadet in the general duties pilot branch in the officer cadet intake 1 of the Air Force Academy China Bay on 12 January 1972 On completing his flying training he was commissioned as a pilot officer on 19 October 1973 Serving as a squadron pilot in the No 2 Squadron SLAF he logged over 7 500 flying hours on transports He served as the Commandant Flying Training Wing Air Force Academy China Bay Commanding officer the No 2 Squadron Base Commander SLAF Katunayake and Zonal Commander Western Zone Base Commander SLAF China Bay and Zonal Commander Eastern Zone and Acting Director Operations He attended the Air Command and Staff College in 1990 and the National Defence College New Delhi in 1998 He was appointed Chief of Staff of the SLAF in December 1998 On 16 July 2002 he was appointed commander of the Air Force with promotion to the rank of Air Marshal He was appointed Chief of the Defence Staff on 12 June 2006 with promotion to the rank of Air Chief Marshal during the final stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War and retired on 15 July 2009 His awards include Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya Uttama Seva Padakkama Republic of Sri Lanka Armed Services Medal Sri Lanka Air Force 50th Anniversary Medal Sri Lanka Armed Services Long Service Medal President s Inauguration Medal 50th Independence Anniversary Commemoration Medal North and East Operations Medal Purna Bhumi Padakkama Vadamarachchi Operation Medal and Riviresa Campaign Services Medal 2 Later work editFollowing is retirement as Chief of the Defence Staff Perera was appointed Sri Lanka s Ambassador to Israel 3 See also editSri Lankan Non Career DiplomatsReferences edit Regev David 21 July 2010 Sri Lankan ambassador We back Israel s war on terror Ynetnews Retrieved 25 July 2023 Romesh Jayasinghe Appointed Sri Lanka s New Foreign Secretary Asian Tribune Retrieved 13 August 2012 Siri Lankan ambassador We back Israel s war on terrorExternal links editAir Chief Marshal G D Perera Air Chief Marshal G D Perera the new Chief of Defence Staff CDS Military officesPreceded byDaya Sandagiri Chief of the Defence Staff2007 2009 Succeeded bySarath FonsekaPreceded byJ Weerakkody Commander of the Sri Lankan Air Force2002 2007 Succeeded byRoshan Goonatilake nbsp nbsp This biographical article about the military of Sri Lanka is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Donald Perera amp oldid 1184281020, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,