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Gen. Senanayake inducted to US Command College Hall of Fame-by Camelia Nathaniel General Mahesh Senanayake with his family on assuming duties as the Army Commander. Source:Dailynews Former Army Commander General Mahesh Senanayake has been inducted into the United States Army Command and General Staff College International Hall of Fame. Gen. Senanayake followed CGSC course in 2000 and bears the honour of being the first-ever Sri Lankan Army Officer to receive such an international honour. The International Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, United States Army Command and General Staff College, was held on November 16, 2021 at the Eisenhower Auditorium, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. This year General N.U.M.M.W. Senanayake, former Commander, Sri Lanka Army, and Lieutenant General Perry Lim Cheng Yeow, Chief of Defence Force Singapore Armed Forces were inducted into the United States Army Command and General Staff College International Hall of Fame. ...

No. 10 Kfir squadron, lions of the sand-BY NIROSHA RAJAPAKSE Source:Sundayobserver Robin Olds once declared that “I think it is love of that blue vault of sky that becomes your playground if, and only if, you are a fighter pilot”. The splendid island of Sri Lanka’s blue sky is the well-guarded playground of one of the most distinguished, illustrated and celebrated pilots of the Sri Lanka Air Force. He is none other than Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana, the 18th commander of the Air Force. Born as the eldest of a family of two siblings; a sister and a brother in the cool climes in the hill capital of Kandy, Air Marshal Pathirana reminisces his cherished and treasured memories, surrounded by his devoted and loving parents over his long felt desire to join the forces, despite that he was even eligible to enter the medical faculty. ...