The Commander of the French Forces deployed in the Indian Ocean Rear Admiral Antoine Beaussant, called on the Commander of the Air Force Air Marshal Gagan Bulathsinghala at the Sri Lanka Air Force Headquarters this morning (20 November 2015). Mr Jean Marin SCHUH, Ambassador of France in Sri Lanka and Commander Loic Bizot, French Defence  Attache (Non resident) to Sri  Lanka als...

SLAF Station Colombo and SLAF Base Ratmalana won the Men’s and Women’s Championships respectively, at the Inter Unit Wrestling championships 2015 concluded today (19th November 2015) at the SLAF Health Management Centre, Thummulla.  SLAF Base Hingurakgoda  became the Men’s runners up and SLAF TTS Ekala became Women’s runners up.The Commander of the Air Force Air Marshal...

An all-night Pirith Chanting ceremony followed by an almsgiving was held at SLAF Station Morawewa on 14th and 15th November 2015 under the Patronage of the Commanding Officer SLAF Station Morawewa, Wing Commander Sulochana Marapperuma.Religious blessing were invoked on the fallen heroes who made the supreme sacrifice in protecting our motherland, those who died whilst on active service a...

A 32-member delegation from the Chinese National Defence University (NDU) - 2015 comprising senior officers of People’s Liberation Army from China who are currently on their Overseas  Study Tour to Sri Lanka, paid a visit to the Sri Lanka Air Force Headquarters on16 November 2015. The delegation was headed by Lieutenant General Wu Jieming , Deputy Political Commissar of the Univer...

Sri Lanka Air Force and Army men's Handball Teams won the joint champions and SLAF women's team emerged the women's championships at 'Aqua Vida' Beach Sports Festival 2015 concluded on 14th November 2015.‘Aqua Vida’ was organized by Clearmark Holdings and The SLAF men’s and women's Handball teams displayed excellent skills and managed to grab the championship with a clinical perfor...

Sri Lanka Air Force CTS Vanni and SLAF Station Colombo won the Men’s and Women’s Championships respectively, at the Inter Unit Volleyball championships 2015 concluded  today (13 November 2015) at Air Force Health Management Centre, Thummulla.  SLAF Station Palaly  and SLAF Base Ratmalana became the Men’s and Women’s runners up. The Commander of the Air Force A...

SLAF Base Anuradhapura celebrated its 33rd anniversary on 11 November 2015 under the guidance of the Group Captain VB Edirisinghe.The base personnel engaged in “Shramadana program” at the St Joseph’s Church at Anuradhapura, Isurumuniya Temple at Anuradhapura and Riancy Alagiyawanna Blind and Deaf School at Anuradhapura leading up to the day proper. Activities on the day included an...

The sixth formation day of Hospital SLAF Base Ratmalana was celebrated on 11 Nov 2015. In commemoration of this event, ‘Shramadhana’ campaign and medical clinic was held at the Yasodaradevi girls orphanage on 6th November 2015 and the medical clinic, ‘Shramadhana’ campaign and ‘Dhana’ was conducted for debilitated inhabitants at the ‘Subodhi’ elders home at Ratmalna on 9t...

An all-night Pirith Chanting Ceremony followed by an almsgiving was held at SLAF Station Mirigama on 09th and 10th November 2015, under the guidance of the Commanding Officer Group Captain SCK Pallawela.A colorful procession was organized along with traditional dances and other cultural items by the service personnel to accompany the religious relics and the Buddhist monks to the Pirith ...

An all-night Pirith chanting ceremony followed by an almsgiving was held at SLAF Station Katukurunda on 5th and 6th November 2015 under the patronage of the Commanding Officer SLAF Station Katukurunda, Wing Commander Mohan Balasuriya.  The ceremony was held to invoke blessings on occupation of renovated Station Headquarters building and to commemorate 31 years of SLAF Station Katuku...

The First Contingent of SLAF Personnel, numbering 121 personnel who formed the Force Aviation Unit under the United Nations helicopter deployment in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) arrived in Sri Lanka earlier today (10 Nov 15),on completion of a 14 month tenure. They were replaced by a fresh contingent who left the shores of Sri Lanka a few days previously.  Senior officers ...

Sri Lanka Air Force Base Ratmalana became both Men’s and Women’s champions at the Inter Unit Wushu Championship concluded on 09 November 2015 at the AFHMC, Thummulla.Sri Lanka Air Force Base Katunayake Regiment wing became Men's runners up and Sri Lanka Air Force Base Ratmalana Tech Formation became women's runner up at the Championship.The Commander of the Air Force Air Marshal Gaga...

SLAF Station Cbo ,SLAF Station Bcl and SLAF Base Rma became joint champions at the Inter Unit Billiard Tournament 2015 held at SLAF Station Diyatalawa Billiard Room on 6 November 2015.SLAF Base Hin, SLAF Base Ahp and SLAF Base Kat became joint runner up at the tournament.Commanding Officer SLAF CTS Diyatalawa, Air Commodore DJC Weerakoon graced the occasion as the chief guest, while Offi...

The Executive Committee Meeting of the Defence Services Sports Board(DSSB) was held at the Commander s' board room today (09 Nov 15).The Commander of the Air Force, and present President, DSSB, Air Marshal Gagan Bulathsinghala chaired the meeting  and the Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Crishantha De Silva, Commander of the Navy,Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne and membe...

The annual changing of personnel of the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) Aviation Unit under the United Nations helicopter deployment in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) departed the country early hours today (9 Nov 15). The contingent of 94 personnel departed to Central Africa from Bandaranaike International Airport.  Senior officers of the Air Force and the family m...

Sri Lanka Ex- Servicemen's Association (SLESA) honoured all fallen War Heroes, including those in the World Wars during a fitting ceremony that commemorated the Poppy Day - 2015 at the Vihara Maha Devi Park cenotaph on Sunday (08 Nov 15).Secretary to the Ministry of Defence Eng. Karunasena Hettiarachchi graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. The Commander of the Air Force, Air...

Sri Lanka Air Force Fire Fighters carried out a Fire Evacuation drill at Development Holdings Private Limited Colombo this evening (06th November 2015). During the demonstration the SLAF firemen demonstrated several rescue tactics such as Aerial rope rescue and also operating and using of ‘Jumping Sheet’ which was placed on the ground. 31 SLAF personnel participated in th...

The “English Language Day 2015” of the Sri Lanka Air Force was held on 6th November 2015 at the Auditorium of the SLAF TTS Ekala. This was organized by the Language Unit of SLAF TTS Ekala for the seventh consecutive year. The “Annual English Language Day” is conducted with the objective of enriching the professional standard of English Knowledge of both Officers...

The Sri Lanka Air Force Seva Vanitha Unit donated a Computer to “Bosath Lama Nivasaya” at Hingurakgoda on a request made by the matron of the orphanage. The computer was ceremonially presented to the institute under the patronage of Chairperson SLAF Seva Vanitha Unit Mrs. Samanthi Bulathsinghala today, 3 November 15 at the orphanage premises. In addition, Dry ration items were also d...

The Sri Lanka Air Force Cyber Security Operation Center, received the Gold and Bronze awards for the Best Hackers at the Hacking challenge 2015 organized by the Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team  (SLCERT)at a ceremony held at the BMICH, today (03 November 2015). A contest for IT professionals to test their information security skills in finding out vulnerabilit...

SLAF Station Palavi celebrated its 8th formation day under the guidance of Commanding Officer Wing Commander Nishantha Priyadarshana together with all officers, other ranks and the civilian staff on 1st November 2015.Coinciding with the formation day, a multi religious ceremony was also held in order to invoke blessings for the Commander of the Air Force, SLAF Station Palavi, those who l...