Vasu Bandu Edirisinghe

{{Short description|Sri Lankan air force officer}}

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| honorific_prefix = Air Marshal

| name = Vasu Bandu Edirisinghe

| honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=SRI|size=90%|WWV|RWP|RSP|USP}}

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| office = 20th Commander of the Air Force

| term_start = {{Start date|2025|1|29|df=yes}}

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| president = Anura Kumara Dissanayake

| predecessor = R. A. U. P. Rajapaksa

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|06|20|df=y}}

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| allegiance = {{flag|Sri Lanka}}

| branch = {{Air Force|Sri Lanka}}

| serviceyears = 1993–present

| rank = 10px Air Marshal

| commands = {{plainlist|

• Director General Planning
• Director General Air Operations
• Director General Training

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| battles = Sri Lankan Civil War

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| military_blank2 = Awards

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• 20px Weera Wickrama Vibhushanaya
• Rana Wickrama Padakkama
• 20px Rana Sura Padakkama (3)
• 20px Uttama Seva Padakkama}}

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| alma_mater = {{plainlist|

• Sri Lanka Air Force Academy
• St. Sylvester's College}}

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Air Marshal Vasu Bandu Edirisinghe, WWV, RWP, RSP & 2 bars, USP (born 20 June 1970) is a senior Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) officer, currently serving as the 20th Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force, since 29 January 2025.{{Cite web |date=2025-01-27 |title=Air Vice Marshal Vasu Bandu Edirisinghe appointed as the new Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force |url=https://www.presidentsoffice.gov.lk/air-vice-marshal-vasu-bandu-edirisinghe-appointed-as-the-new-commander-of-the-sri-lanka-air-force/#:~:text=Lanka%2520Air%2520Force-,Air%2520Vice%2520Marshal%2520Vasu%2520Bandu%2520Edirisinghe%2520appointed%2520as%2520the%2520new,the%2520Sri%2520Lanka%2520Air%2520Force. |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250210165858/https://www.presidentsoffice.gov.lk/air-vice-marshal-vasu-bandu-edirisinghe-appointed-as-the-new-commander-of-the-sri-lanka-air-force/#:~:text=Lanka%20Air%20Force-,Air%20Vice%20Marshal%20Vasu%20Bandu%20Edirisinghe%20appointed%20as%20the%20new,the%20Sri%20Lanka%20Air%20Force. |archive-date=2025-02-10 |access-date=2025-02-12 |website=presidentsoffice.gov.lk |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2025 |title=Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force – Air Marshal V B Edirisinghe |url=https://www.airforce.lk/commander.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250212061810/https://www.airforce.lk/commander.php |archive-date=2025-02-12 |access-date=2025-02-12 |website=airforce.lk}}

An alumnus of St. Sylvester's College, he served as the Director General Planning before being appointed Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force.{{Cite web |last=Balasuriya |first=Darshana Sanjeewa |date=2025-01-25 |title=Air Vice Marshal Edirisinghe tipped to be new SLAF Commander |url=https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking-news/Air-Vice-Marshal-Edirisinghe-tipped-to-be-new-SLAF-Commander/108-300939 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250125045657/https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking-news/Air-Vice-Marshal-Edirisinghe-tipped-to-be-new-SLAF-Commander/108-300939 |archive-date=2025-01-25 |access-date=2025-02-12 |website=www.dailymirror.lk |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2025-01-27 |title=New Commander appointed to Sri Lanka Air Force |url=https://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=105309 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250131070134/http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=105309 |archive-date=2025-01-31 |access-date=2025-02-12 |website=www.adaderana.lk |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Farzan |first=Zulfick |date=2025-01-29 |title=New Era for SLAF: Air Marshal Edirisinghe Assumes Command |url=https://www.newsfirst.lk/2025/01/29/new-era-for-slaf-air-marshal-edirisinghe-assumes-command |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250212064116/https://www.newsfirst.lk/2025/01/29/new-era-for-slaf-air-marshal-edirisinghe-assumes-command |archive-date=2025-02-12 |access-date=2025-02-12 |website=english.newsfirst.lk |language=en}}