Kolitha Gunathilake

Air Chief Marshal Kolitha Gunathilake, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP, ndc, psc, qfi matukin jirgi ne na Sri Lanka kuma tsohon Shugaban Ma'aikatan Tsaro kuma Kwamandan Sojojin Sama na Sri Lanka . 

 Ilimi 
Ya yi karatu a Kwalejin S. Thomas, Bandarawela da Kwalejin Royal Colombo, ya shiga rundunar sojin saman Sri Lanka a matsayin Jami'in Cadet a Babban Darasi na Jirgin Sama. Bayan nasarar kammala karatunsa na Flying Training an ba shi izini a matsayin Jami'in Jirgin Sama. Yana da MSc (Defence Studies) a cikin gudanarwa daga Jami'ar Tsaro ta Janar Sir John Kotelawala .

Gunathilake ta kammala karatu a Kwalejin Kwamandan da Ma'aikata, Pakistan; Kwalejin Yakin Jirgin Sama ta Indiya; Kwaleji ta Air Command da Ma'aikatan, Jami'ar Air da Kwalejin Tsaro ta Kasa. Ya sami darussan horo da yawa kuma ƙwararren malami ne na jirgin sama.

 Ayyukan SLAF 
Gunatilleke ya shiga rundunar sojin saman Sri Lanka a matsayin Jami'in Cadet na 8th Intake a cikin Babban Duties Pilot Branch a cikin 1980. Ya kammala karatu daga Kwalejin Sojan Sama, China Bay kuma an ba shi izinin Jami'in Jirgin Sama a 1982 ba da daɗewa ba ya cancanci zama matukin jirgi bayan ya kammala horo na asali da ci gaba.

Bayan an sanya shi a cikin No 2 Transport Squadron, ya tashi jirgin sama mai nauyi na rundunar sojan sama kuma ya zama mai koyar da jirgin sama bayan horo a cikin Sojojin Sama na Pakistan. Daga baya ya tashi SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 da IA 58 Pucara a cikin rawar da ya kai hari a ƙasa a kan manufofin LTTE. Gunatilleke ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin Jami'in Ayyuka a Hedikwatar Sojojin Sama.

Ya ci gaba da yin umurni da No 1 Flying Training Wing da No 2 Transport Squadron tare da aiki a matsayin Kwamandan Base na SLAF China Bay da SLAF Katunayake. A shekara ta 2008, an nada shi a matsayin Darakta Horar da Hedikwatar Sojojin Sama kuma daga baya aka nada shi a kas Darakta na Ayyukan Jirgin Sama. Daga baya aka nada shi Babban Ma'aikacin Sojojin Sama kuma ya rike mukamin har sai da aka kara shi a matsayin Kwamandan Sojojin Jirgin Sama tare da matsayin Air Marshal. Bayan ya sauka daga mukamin Kwamandan Sojojin Sama a watan Yunin 2015, an nada shi a matsayin Babban Jami'in Tsaro kuma ya ci gaba zuwa matsayin Babban Marshal na Air.

 Wasanni 
Dan wasan Badminton, Gunatilleke ya kasance memba na Badminton National Pool . Ya kasance Shugaban Ƙungiyar Rifle ta Sri Lanka da Kwamitin Zaɓin Shugaban - Badminton . A halin yanzu shi ne Shugaban Kwamitin Zaɓin Kasa.

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