- 29 April 1995  †) was a Sri Lankan aviator and the most senior Air Force officer to be killed in action.

Shirantha Goonetileke completed his education at Royal College, Colombo and then he follow the footsteps of his father and elder brother to join the Sri Lanka Air Force.

In the 1980s Goonetileke took to flying SIAI Marchetti SF.260 as ground attack roles and gained the rank of Squadron Leader and led the Red formation during the famed Operation Eagle in 1990.

On 27 April 1995, an Avro 748 crashed soon after taking off from SLAF Palaly killing all on-board which included Wing Commander Roger Weerasinghe, SLAF Northern Zonal Commander and several wounded soldiers.

His last words over the radio were "A missile is coming my way", giving the Air Force the first indication that the LTTE were using SAMs.