Aviation based armed forces media Spokesman, Wing Commander Gihan Seneviratne said that arrangement becomes effective from today.
Air Vice Marshal Chrisanthus Ranil Gurusinghe was conceived on fifteenth March 1962 and had his instruction at De Mazenod College, Kandana.
He joined the Sri Lanka Air Force as an officer cadet on the twelfth of February 1981 in the ninth admission of officer cadets and was authorized as a Pilot Officer in the General Duties Pilot branch on eighth April 1983.
He has been embellished with Weera Wickrama Vibhushanaya(WWV), Rana Wickrama Padakkama (RWP) and Rana Sura Padakkama (RSP) notwithstanding numerous battle and operational administration decorations.
Air Vice Marshal Gurusinghe has held the arrangement of Commanding Officer No 6 Helicopter Squadron, and No 4 Helicopter Squadron. Amid his time as the Commanding Officer of No 6 Helicopter Squadron, he likewise held the arrangement of Air Defense Commander North.
He has served as the Base Commander, Sri Lanka Air Force Base Vavuniya, Sri Lanka Air Force Base Ratmalana and Sri Lanka Air Force Base Katunayake. He was likewise the Overall Operations Commander Bandaranaike International Airport security and The Command Flight Safety Officer of the SLAF.
At Air Force Headquarters he has served as Staff Officer Operations I, and was named the Director Civil Engineering in May 2012.
Air Vice Marshal Gurusinghe's expert improvement incorporated various expert preparing projects and courses including Junior Command and Staff Course and Joint Air Warfare Course in India. He is an alum of Pakistan Air Force Air War College, Karachi where he took after the Senior Command and Staff Course and of the National Defense College Islamabad, where he finished the Allied Officers War Course. He is a kindred of the Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies in Hawaii. He is an alum of the prestigious National Defense University Islamabad Pakistan and holds a Bachelor of Science respects Degree in Defense and Strategic Studies.
