SLAF Men’s and Women’s Beach Volleyball teams won the championships in the open category for the fourth consecutive time at the National Beach Volleyball Championship 2016 held at Negombo Beach Park from 22 to 24 Dec 2016 which was organized by the Sri Lanka Volleyball federation.Senior Vice President Sri Lanka Beach Volleyball Association DIG Priyantha Jayakody graced the ceremony a...

The SLAF Taekwondo Team participated in the National Taekwondo Championship 2016 at Sports Ministry Gymnasium, Torrington on 12 & 13 Dec 16 and the finals on 27 Dec 16 at Sugathadasa Indoor stadium, Colombo.The SLAF team won the National Taekwondo Championship 2016 for the first time in history by securing both Men’s and woman’s Championships with 07 Gold, 03 Silver and 03 Bronze...

The certificate awarding ceremony of No. 68th Non Commissioned Officers’ Management Course was held at Astra Multifunction Hall of the Sri Lanka Air Force Academy China Bay on 23rd December 2016. Officer In Charge Printing Sri Lanka Air Force Trade Training School Ekala, Air Commodore SD Kotage graced the ceremony as the Chief Guest and the Commandant of the Sri Lanka Air Force Academy...

SLAF women’s weightlifting team secured the National title consecutively for the 6th time, winning 3 Gold 3 Silver and 01 bronze medals while men’s weightlifting team became the joint runners up, winning 03 Gold, 02 bronze, 02 Silver at the National Weightlifting Championship conducted from 21 to 24 Dec 16 at National Sports Complex Polonnaruwa organized by the National Weightlifting...

The Badge Awarding Parade of No. 32 Officers, No.05 Lady Officers, No. 47 Airmen, No. 08 Airwomen and No.23 Naval personnel Basic EOD Course was successfully concluded at SLAF Station Palavi on 16 Dec 2016. The Commanding Officer of the Junior Command & Staff College, Sri Lanka Air Force Academy, China Bay, Air Commodore AJ Amarasinghe, graced the occasion as the Chief Guest.A total ...

Twenty-three newly enlisted Student Officers of No 68th Intake of Direct Entry Officers gave their oaths today (23 December 2016) at Air Force Headquarters prior to departing for their basic training at Sri Lanka Air Force Combat Training School Diyatalawa.  The Commander of the Air Force Air Marshal Kapila Jayampathy congratulated the newly enlisted student officers during the oath...

SLAF Squash player AC Laksiri HRS emerged men’s champion in the 36th National Squash Championship 2016 organized by the Sri Lanka Squash federation. The Tournament was concluded on 20 December 2016 at the Tamil Union squash courts with the active participation of over 300 players. SLAF performances were as followsMen's plate champion29662 Sgt kumara AMTW Men's novices runner up 02...

The Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force Air Marshal Kapila Jayampathy was the chief guest and reviewing officer at the combined graduation parade at Air Force Academy (AFA) in Dundigal, Hyderabad on Saturday the 17th of December.  This was the first occasion that a Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force had officiated a commissioning parade of the Indian Air Force.  This was als...

Sri Lanka Air Force TTS Ekala became the Inter Unit Table Tennis Champions 2016 defeating SLAF Base Katunayake at SLAF Base Katunayake Sports Complex on 16 December 2016.Director Administration Air Vice Marshal CP Welikala graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. Chairman SLAF Table Tennis Air Commodore KL Ranathunga, Officers, Other Ranks were also present at the occasion. ...

Sri Lanka Air Force CTS Diyatalawa and SLAF Base Hingurakgoda won the Men’s and Women’s Championships respectively, at the Inter Unit Volleyball championships 2016 concluded on 15 December 2016 at SLAF Base Katunayaka.  SLAF Base Katunayake  and SLAF TTS Ekala became the Men’s and Women’s runners up.Director Aeronautical Engineering of SLAF, Air Vice Marshal LHA Silva g...

A 17-member Soccer team from the Pakistan Air Force arrived in Sri Lanka on 14 December 2016. The team, headed by Flight Lieutenant Atif Amir Shah, was cordially welcomed at the Bandaranaike International Airport by the officials of Sri Lanka Air Force Soccer. The team will participate in 03 friendly matches with their counterparts during their stay which will be for a period of one...

The Graduation Ceremony of Course No. 10 of the Defence Services Command and Staff College Sapugaskanda was held at the Main Auditorium of DSCSC on 12 December 2016.  His Excellency the President Maithripala Sirisena graced the occasion as the Chief Guest.A total of 126 officers comprising of Army (64), Navy (26), Air Force (24) and 12 foreign student officers graduated on this occa...

Sri Lanka Air Force received the Gold award for  the National Productivity award 2015 for the Public Sector - Inter Departments category at the National Productivity Awards ceremony held at the Stein Studios Ratmalana today (15 Dec ember 2016). The ‘National Productivity Awards 2015’ is organized by the National Productivity Secretariat (NPS) established under the Ministry ...

The SLAF men's Tug of War team emerged Champions at the 14th National Tug of War Championship 2016 defeating Sri Lanka Army men's team,  on 11 December 2016 at 'Kumme' grounds Baddegama.  SL Navy, Police and a large number of teams participated at the tournament.In the Women’s game, SLAF women’s team became 3rd place in there Category. Chairman Galle District Tug of Wa...

The President of the Republic of Tajikistan, His Excellency  Emomali Rahmon who is currently in Sri Lanka on an official visit, flew to Kandy on SLAF VVIP Helicopters this morning (15 December 2016). HE Emomali Rahmon will visit the historic city of Kandy.   ...

The Disaster Management Centre requested the assistance of the SLAF for the rescue of five persons who had gone missing the previous evening (12th December) in the Nallathanni forest in the Sri Pada reserve.  A Bell 412 helicopter from No 4 Helicopter Squadron, Ratmalana took off at approximately 1600hours yesterday, (13th December) with a rescue team on board.  Despite the hea...

A presentation and display on ‘Angampora’ was conducted by the SLAF Angampora team at SLAF Combat Training School (CTS) Diyatalawa on 10 December 2016,  marking yet another significant milestone in history of the indigenous art of ‘Angampora’. This also coincides with the 4th anniversary of introduction of ‘Angampora’ to the Air Force. The event was made colour...

The Sri Lanka Air Force rugby team triumphed over SL Army, 32 - 29 on 10 December 2016 in the Division 'A' Inter-Club League Rugby Tournament encounter at Ratmalana SLAF Rugby grounds.Air Force scored their 32 points with 4-tries, 3-conversion and 2-penalties while SL Army scored 4-tries, 3-conversions and  1-penalty....

Air Force Carols 2016, organized and presented by the Seva Vanitha Unit of the Sri Lanka Air Force was held at the Defence Services School Auditorium this evening (09 December 2016).  The event featured Air Force personnel and family members backed by the Air Force Band.The Chairperson of the Seva Vanitha Unit of the SLAF, Mrs  Anoma Jayampathy, received the Commander of the Ai...

The 45th  session of the “Aviation Fundamentals for Beginners” Course conducted at the Air Force Museum, Ratmalana concluded successfully on the 07th  of December 2016. A total of five three-day programmes were organized and conducted during the month of December  2016 by the Air Force Museum during the school holidays.  School children from Grade 6-11 participate...

Regiment Wing at SLAF Base Katunayake  and SLAF Trade Training School Ekala emerged  Men’s and Women’s champions at the Inter Unit Wushu Championship 2016 concluded on 09 December 2016 at the AFHMC, Thummulla.SLAF TTS Ekala became Men's runners up and SLAF Base Ratmalana became women's runner up at the Championship.Director Training of SLAF Air Vice Marshal ...