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<p>robot: Create/upgrade articles. If there is a mistake please report on my <a href="/wiki/User_talk:Bot" title="User talk:Bot">talk page</a>.</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox military person<br /> |name= Jayalath Weerakkody<br /> |birth_place= <br /> |death_place= <br /> |image=&lt;!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Air Chief Marshal Jayalath Weerakkody.gif|250px]] --&gt;<br /> |caption= Jayalath Weerakkody<br /> |nickname=<br /> |allegiance= [[Sri Lanka]]<br /> |serviceyears= <br /> |rank=[[Air Chief Marshal]]<br /> |branch= [[Image:Air Force Ensign of Sri Lanka.svg|25px]] [[Sri Lanka Air Force]]<br /> |commands=[[Commander of the Air Force (Sri Lanka)|Commander of the Sri Lankan Air Force]] <br /> |unit=<br /> |battles= [[Sri Lankan Civil War]]<br /> |awards=[[Rana Wickrama Padakkama]],&lt;br&gt; [[Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya]],&lt;br&gt; [[Uttama Seva Padakkama]]<br /> |laterwork= Sri Lankan [[High Commissioner]] to [[Pakistan]]<br /> }}<br /> [[Air Chief Marshal]] &#039;&#039;&#039;Jayalath Weerakkody&#039;&#039;&#039;, [[Rana Wickrama Padakkama|RWP]], [[Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya|VSV]], [[Uttama Seva Padakkama|USP]] is a [[Sri Lanka]] [[air officer]] who served as [[Commander of the Air Force (Sri Lanka)|commander of the Air Force]] from 1999 to 2002. He served as Sri Lankan [[High Commissioner]] to [[Pakistan]].<br /> <br /> ==Early life and education==<br /> Educated at [[Dharmasoka College|Dharmashoka College, Ambalangoda]], where he excelled in sports and swimming.<br /> <br /> ==SLAF career==<br /> Weerakkody joined the Sri Lanka Air Force as an [[officer cadet]] in the general duties pilot branch in the officer cadet intake 1 of the [[Air Force Academy, China Bay]] on 12 January 1972. Serving as a squadron pilot, he became a [[Qualified Flying Instructor|qualified flying instructor]]. He went on to command the [[No. 4 Squadron SLAF]], [[No. 2 Squadron SLAF]] and [[SLAF Colombo]]. Weerakkody served as the Senior Air Staff Officer, Base Commander [[SLAF Anuradhapura]], Northern Zonal Commander, Director Operations and Chief of Staff. He followed the Junior Commanders Course at the [[Air Force Administrative College]], attended the [[Air Command and Staff College]] and the [[National Defence College (India)|National Defence College, New Delhi]]. He was appointed commander of the Air Force on 6 March 1998 and was promoted to the rank of [[Air Marshal]]. During his tenure, the SLAF acquired [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-27|MiG-27]] [[attack aircraft|ground-attack aircraft]] and upgraded its fleet of trainers by acquiring [[Nanchang CJ-6]]s and [[K-8 Karakorum]]s. He retired on 15 July 2002 and was appointed Sri Lankan [[High Commissioner]] to [[Pakistan]]. In 2007 he was promoted to the rank of [[Air Chief Marshal]] along with nine other former service chiefs. His awards included thrice being awarded the [[Rana Wickrama Padakkama]] for gallantry and the service medals [[Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya]] and the [[Uttama Seva Padakkama]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news |title=Air Chief Marshal J Weerakkody RWP, VSV, USP, ndc, psc, qfi |url=http://airforce.lk/pages.php?pages=air_chief_marshal_j_weerakkody |access-date=15 May 2020 |publisher=Sri Lanka Air Force}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[Sri Lankan Non Career Diplomats]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070607151619/http://www.airforce.lk/hist/cmdr10.htm Sri Lanka Air Force - Air Marshal J Weerakkody]<br /> * [http://sundaytimes.lk/010204/sitrep.html Tracking an SLAF bombing mission, The Sunday Times]<br /> <br /> {{s-start}}<br /> {{s-mil}}<br /> |-<br /> {{s-bef|before=[[Oliver Ranasinghe]]}} <br /> {{s-ttl|title=[[Commander of the Air Force (Sri Lanka)|Commander of the Sri Lankan Air Force]]|years=1999&amp;ndash;2022}}<br /> {{s-aft|after=[[Donald Perera|G D Perera]]}}<br /> {{s-end}}<br /> <br /> {{Commanders of the Sri Lankan Air Force}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Weerakkody, Jayalath}}<br /> [[Category:Commanders of the Sri Lanka Air Force]]<br /> [[Category:Sri Lankan Air Chief Marshals]]<br /> [[Category:Sinhalese military personnel]]<br /> [[Category:Sri Lankan aviators]]<br /> [[Category:High Commissioners of Sri Lanka to Pakistan]]<br /> [[Category:Living people]]<br /> [[Category:Air Command and Staff College alumni]]<br /> [[Category:Sri Lanka Air Force Academy graduates]]<br /> [[Category:Alumni of Dharmasoka College]]<br /> [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]<br /> [[Category:National Defence College, India alumni]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{SriLanka-mil-bio-stub}}</div>

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