Dick Perera

Air Chief Marshal Dick Cuthbert Perera VSV shi ne Kwamandan 6 na Sojojin Sama na Sri Lanka. 

Ya yi karatu a Kwalejin St. Benedict, Colombo Perera ya shiga sabuwar rundunar sojin saman Royal Ceylon a ranar 21 ga Satumba 1951 a cikin rukunin farko na jami'an da aka horar da su a cikin gida. Bayan kammala karatunsa na tashi a kan de Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunks da Boulton Paul Balliols, ya sami fuka-fukansa daga Firayim Minista D. S. Senanayake. An haɗa shi da No. 2 Squadron a matsayin matukin jirgi, ya yi aiki a matsayin kwamandan kwamandan daga 1964 zuwa 1968. Ya yi aiki a matsayin kwamandan jami'in, Yankin Gudanarwa da Kwamandan Tashar SLAF Katunayake . Perera ta halarci Kwalejin Air Command da Staff da Kwalejin Tsaro ta Kasa, New Delhi . Ya zama babban jami'in reshe na farko (mai tuƙi) da za a nada shi Darakta Gudanarwa. Daga baya ya yi aiki a matsayin Darakta na Ayyuka da Shugaban Ma'aikata. An nada shi Kwamandan Sojojin Sama a ranar 1 ga Mayu 1981, bayan an kara shi zuwa matsayin Mataimakin Marshal na Air. 1983, ya ga karuwar ayyukan jirgin sama a cikin SLAF tare da karuwar Yaƙin basasar Sri Lanka . A lokacin mulkinsa, rundunar sojan sama ta sami jirage masu saukar ungulu na Bell 212 da Bell 412 waɗanda aka yi amfani da su azaman sufuri da bindigogi kuma SLAF ta gabatar da SIAI Marchetti SF.260 a cikin rawar kai hari mai sauƙi bayan da ta yi ritaya daga mayakan jet a ƙarshen 1970s. Ya yi ritaya a ranar 30 ga Afrilu 1986 kuma an inganta shi zuwa matsayin Air Marshal . Andibuduge Fernando ne ya gaje shi. A shekara ta 1982, ya zama kwamandan SLAF na farko da aka ba shi lambar yabo ta Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya kuma a ranar 1 ga Oktoba 2007, an kara shi zuwa matsayin Air Chief Marshal . Ya mutu a ranar 23 ga Nuwamba 2014 .

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