The ranks and insignia of the Sri Lanka Air Force are the military insignia used by the Sri Lanka Air Force. Upon the formation of the Sri Lanka Air Force in 1951, rank titles and badges for ORs were adopted from the Royal Air Force officer ranks and other ranks. Sri Lanka does have an Air Chief Marshal rank, but it is only awarded to the Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force on the day of his retirement; Air Chief Marshal Roshan Goonetileke was the only Sri Lankan Air Force officer to hold the air chief marshal rank while in active service.[1]
Commissioned officer ranks
editThe rank insignia of commissioned officers.
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| Marshal of the Air Force | Air chief marshal | Air marshal | Air vice-marshal | Air commodore | Group captain | Wing commander | Squadron leader | Flight lieutenant | Flying officer | Pilot officer | ||||||||||||||
Other ranks
editThe rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.
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| Master warrant officer | Warrant officer | Flight sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Leading aircraftman | Aircraftman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
History
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| Air vice-marshal | Air commodore | Group captain | Wing commander | Squadron leader | Flight lieutenant | Flying officer | Pilot officer | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sri Lanka Air Force (1988)[5] |
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| Warrant officer | Flight sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Leading aircraftman | Aircraftman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Three Service Commanders promoted". The Government of Sri Lanka. 19 May 2009. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
- ↑ "Commissioned Officers". airforce.lk. Sri Lanka Air Force. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
- ↑ "Non-Commissioned Ranks". airforce.lk. Sri Lanka Air Force. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
- ↑ Levy, Robert J. (1990). "National Security". In Ross, Russell R.; Savada, Andrea Matles (eds.). Sri Lanka: A country study. Area Handbook Series. Library of Congress. p. 246.
- ↑ Levy, Robert J. (1990). "National Security". In Ross, Russell R.; Savada, Andrea Matles (eds.). Sri Lanka: A country study. Area Handbook Series. Library of Congress. p. 244.
