Kapila Jayampathy
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Air Marshal Kapila Jayampathy |
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| Allegiance |
 Sri Lanka
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| Service/ |
 Sri Lanka Air Force
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| Years of service | 5 March 1982 - present |
| Rank | Air Marshal |
| Unit | No. 4 Squadron SLAF |
| Commands held |
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
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Air Marshal Kapila Jayampathy (also known as Kapila Veedhiya Bandara Jayampathy) WWV, RWP, RSP MSc (Intl Rel), MSc (Def & Strat) is the current Commander of Sri Lanka Air Force.
Kapila was received his education from Nalanda College Colombo and a graduate of PLA National Defense University in Defence Studies. He is the first officer to be nominated and appointed to the National Defense University of China, where he graduated with distinction and a fellowship.
Air Marshal Kapila was presented with Nalanda Keerthi Sri award by his alma mater Nalanda College, Colombo in 2016.
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. Kapila is a Qualified Helicopter Instructor (QHI) with an exceptional A-2 Instructor grading to his credit and a VVIP Pilot.
He was the Commanding Officer of the No. 7 Squadron SLAF at Sri Lanka Air Force Base Hingurakgoda. 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.
In January 2005 he was appointed as the Defense Advisor to the Sri Lankan High Commission in Islamabad, Pakistan.
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