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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Sri Lankan Air Force officer}}<br />
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| name = Oliver Ranasinghe<br />
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[[Air Chief Marshal]] '''Oliver Matthew Ranasinghe''', [[Rana Wickrama Padakkama|RWP]], [[Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya|VSV]], [[Uttama Seva Padakkama|USP]], [[National Defence College (India)|ndc]], [[psc (military)|psc]] was the 9th [[Commander of the Air Force (Sri Lanka)|Commander of the Sri Lankan Air Force]].<ref name="Former Commanders">{{cite web|title=Former Commanders|url=http://airforce.lk/pages.php?pages=former_commanders|publisher=airforce.lk}}</ref><br />
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Educated at [[Dharmapala College|Dharmapala College, Pannipitiya]] Ranasinghe joined the [[Royal Ceylon Air Force]] on 7 February 1968 as a [[Sergeant Pilot]]. He received his Basic Ground Combat training at [[SLAF Diyatalawa|RCyAF Diyatalawa]] where he won the trophy for the best marksman. He then went to the Flying Training School at [[China Bay Airport|RCyAF China Bay]]. He trained on [[de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk|de Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk]]s, [[de Havilland DH.104 Dove]]s and [[BAC Jet Provost]]s, gaining his [[Aircrew brevet|wings]] in 1969. Having piloted both fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft in the RCyAF, he went on to command the [[No. 4 Squadron SLAF|No. 4 Squadron]] and serve as [[Station Commander|Base Commander]] [[SLAF Anuradhapura]]. He had attended the [[Air Command and Staff College]], the [[National Defence College (India)|National Defence College, New Delhi]] and completed a Senior Management Course at Monterey, California. He was then appointed Director Operations and thereafter Chief of Staff. On 17 February 1994, he was appointed Commander of the Air Force and promoted to the rank of [[Air Marshal]]. During his tenure the SLAF acquired the [[IAI Kfir]]s, [[Mil Mi-24]]s and [[Antonov An-32]]s. [[UAV]]s where also added to its fleet. He retired on 5 March 1999 and he was succeeded by [[Jayalath Weerakkody]]. His awards include [[Rana Wickrama Padakkama]] for gallantry, and the service medals [[Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya]] and [[Uttama Seva Padakkama]]. On 1 October 2007, he was promoted to the rank of [[Air Chief Marshal]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Air Chief Marshal OM Ranasinghe RWP, VSV, USP, ndc, psc |url=http://www.airforce.lk/pages.php?pages=air_chief_marshal_om_ranasinghe |website=airforce.lk |publisher=Sri Lanka Air Force |access-date=14 May 2022}}</ref><br />
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