P. B. Premachandra

Mataimakin Air Marshal P.B. Premachandra (an haife shi a ranar 1 ga Mayu, 1957) babban jami'in Sojojin Sama ne na Sri Lanka, wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin Babban Ma'aikacin Sojojin Jirgin Sama na Sri Lanka . 

 Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi 
Mataimakin Air Marshal P.B. Premachandra an haife shi ne ga Rasanayagi da Ponnuduraisamy Balasundaram, sanannen Vidane na Thondaimanaru . Ya yi karatu a Kwalejin Hartley da Kwalejin S. Thomas, Mt Lavinia inda ya yi fice a karatu da wasanni (rugby, volleyball, da wasanni).Sinhalese-Tamil reconciliation and empowerment 

 Ayyukan Sojojin Sama 
AVM Premachandra ya shiga rundunar sojin saman Sri Lanka a matsayin Jami'in Cadet a reshen Janar Duties Pilot, Mayu 25, 1979. Bayan nasarar kammala karatunsa na Flying Training, an ba shi izini a matsayin Jami'in Jirgin Sama a ranar 9 ga Yuli, 1981.

Kafin nadin sa a matsayin Babban Ma'aikacin Sojojin Sama na Sri Lanka, AVM Premachandra ya rike mukamai masu mahimmanci a cikin Kwamitin Daraktocin SLAF, gami da Mataimakin Shugaban Ma'aikata - Ayyuka, Darakta Ayyuka da Darakta Horar da Daraktoci, a SLAF Colombo, Hedikwatar Sojojin Jirgin Sama. 

A lokacin da ya yi fice a matsayin jami'in AVM Premachandra ya rike manyan umarni da yawa ciki har da Kwamandan - Kwamandan Yankin Arewa, Kwamandan Ayyukan Sama  (Arewa) , Kwamandan Base na SLAF Katunayake, SLAF Ratmalana da SLAF Anuradhapura, tare da yin umurni da No. 1 Flying Training Wing, No. 2 Transport Wing da No. 8 Light Transport Squadron.

 Abubuwan da suka faru a lokacin yakin basasar Sri Lanka 
Mataimakin Air Marshal Premachandra shine dan jirgin sama na farko na Sri Lanka da ya ji rauni a cikin aiki. A shekara ta 1986, jirgin saman mai saukar ungulu na AVM Premachandra yana jagorantar a matsayin wani ɓangare na aikin hadin gwiwa tare da STF ya zo ƙarƙashin wuta ta abokan gaba kusa da Karadiyanaru da Vavunativu. Baya ga helicopter da ke ci gaba da lalacewa, shi kadai ne a cikin jirgin da ya ji rauni, duk da haka ya sami nasarar tashi da sojoji da yawa a cikin kulawarsa zuwa lafiya. An ba shi lambar yabo ta Desha Putra Sammanaya saboda aikinsa na jaruntaka mara son kai.

Don ayyukansa na jaruntaka a fuskar abokan gaba a matsayin matukin jirgi mai saukar ungulu AVM Premachandra an ba shi kyautar Rana Sura Padakkama . 

AVM Premachandra, tare da wasu matukan jirgi, sun ba da kansu don tashi da yawa na sufuri da ke da mahimmanci ga kokarin yaki lokacin da wasu ba za su kasance ba saboda matakan da ba su da tasiri game da hare-hare (misali, matakan kare makami mai linzami). An ba shi kyautar Rana Wickrama Padakkama, "don waɗannan ayyukan jaruntaka a fuskar abokan gaba da aka yi da son rai".

 Rayuwa ta mutum 
Ya auri Vasuki kuma yana da 'ya'ya mata biyu, Bharathy & Pathanchali, da ɗa ɗaya, Arjuna.

 Manazarta 
Rukuni:Haihuwan 1957
Rukuni:Rayayyun mutane