SLAF Champion TT Player Aircraftsman Rohan Sirisena, won the men’s singles event whilst Aircraftswoman Ishara Madurangi became the runner up in the Women’s single event at the Presidents’ Cup TT Championship 2014.The Championship was held at the St. Thomas' College indoor Stadium, Mt. Lavinia on 11th and 12th January 2014 with over 250 participants. ...

SLAFwon both Men’s and Women’s Championship at the Christ King College Platinum Jubilee 5-a-side Basketball Championship last evening (12th January 2014).The Championship was held on 11th and 12th January 2014 at the Christ King College, Thudella J-ela.In the men’s finals, SLAF defeated Sri Lankan Air Linesby 75 to 51 points while SLAF Whites won the women’s finals by defeating a...

Men’s Football team of the Sri Lanka Air Force emerged Champions at the Dialog Premier Soccer Championship 2013 on 22nd December 2013 Defeating Renown Team by 1-0 at the finals. In honour of this achievement, the Team and the Coach of the SLAF Men’s Football team were felicitated by the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama, in a simple ceremony held at the AFHQ...

The Sri Lanka Air Force rugerites defeated the CH & FC team by 27 (03 goals and 02 penalties)  to 22 points despite CH & FC fielding two foreign players on 06th January 2014 at Maitland Crescent, marking their 01st win in the Dialog League “A” Division rugby tournament.The  SLAF rugby team is the only team  playing this year  in the “A” division rugby ...

The SLAF men and women Judokas became the Overall Champs at the 53rd National Judo Championship organized by the Sri Lanka Judo Association which was held at Judo Association Colombo from 21st to 23rd December 2013. Overall the SLAF won the Open and Team categories of both men and women whilst bagging 15 Gold Medals, 10 Silver Medals and 10 Bronze Medals at the championship. Twenty nine ...

SLAF Men’s Football team emerged Champions at the Dialog Champions Football League 2013 this evening (22nd December 2013) at the Vernon Fernando Stadium Defeating Renown Team by 1-0 at the finals. Leading Air Craft man KCK Lankeshwar managed to score the only goal in the match, which subsequently went on to be the winning goal for the Airman and KCK Lankeshwar adjudged as the most...

Sri Lanka Air Force Academy China Bay secured the overall championship at the inaugural Inter Unit golf tournament held at the Sri Lanka Air Force’s own Golf Links in the picturesque settings of China Bay  yesterday ( 21st December 2013).The game consisted of 18 holes one round match and a total of 42 players participated in the tournament. Leading aircraftsman Bandara, Leading ai...

Vying for the best shots on the green felt, the billiard players of Sri Lanka Air Force participated in a keenly contested Inter Unit Billiard Tournament 2013 held at SLAF Base Katunayake, WOs' & SNCOs’ Mess and Airmen Social club’s Billiard Rooms on 19th and 20th December 2013.The tournament was held in two divisions of Billiard and Snooker, with the Billiard Championship being ...

The 26 Regiment Wing of SLAF Base Katunayake (Men’s) and  Supply and Maintanance Deport (S&MD) SLAF Base Kat(Women’s) won the Inter Unit Wrestling Championship which was concluded last evening (19th December, 2013) at the SLAF Base Katunayake Sports Complex.Over 150 wrestlers competing under seven weight categories represented all SLAF establishments for this event. The Men�...

The SLAF soccer team enters the finals of the ‘Dialog Champions League’ Soccer Championship after defeating Anuradhapura Solid SC 2-1, last evening (17th December 2013) at the Police Park Grounds Colombo. Solid SC, which fielded three foreign players in their squad at yesterday’s match, did however, go down fighting. During the 29th Minute of the first half Leading aircraftman...

The Commander of the Air Force Air Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama was part of the history making Burdett Trophy winning Nuwara Eliya Golf Club (NEGC) team. The Burdett Trophy is a prestigious event played between the Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC) and the Nuwara Eliya Golf Club (NEGC) and this year’s event was the 111th encounter between these two great clubs. NEGC beat RCGC y...

Sri Lanka Air force Base Katunayake and No 26 Regiment Wing SLAF Base Katunayake won the Men’s and Women’s Championships, whilst SLAF Academy China-Bay and Supply and Maintenance Depot SLAF Base Katunayake became the Men’s and Women’s Runners up at the Inter Unit Volleyball finals held on 2nd  December  2013 at the Sport Complex  SLAF Base Katunayake.The Secretary ...

Sri Lanka Air Force Weightlifters who represented Sri Lanka as part of the National Team at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship - 2013 which was held in Penang, Malaysia on 24th to 30th November 2013 returned to the Island this morning (2nd November 2013) to a rousing welcome at the Bandaranaike International Airport, Katunayake.Weightlifter, Aircraftman Palangasinghe DKTWK of th...

 The SLAF Taekwondo team was adjudged as the best upcoming Taekwondo team 2013 at the National Taekwondo Championship 2013 which was concluded last evening (30th November 2013) at the Indoor Stadium of the St. Josephs’ College Colombo. The SLAF Taekwondo team comprising of both men and women performed exceptionally well and bagged 03 Gold, 02 Silver and 06 Bronze Medals whils...

SLAF Academy China Bay (Men’s) and SLAF TTS Ekala (Women’s) won the Inter Unit Kabaddi Championship which was concluded on 27th November 2013 at the SLAF TTS Ekala.LAC Pushpakumara WM and LAC Sakunthala were adjudged as “Best Players" in the men’s and Women’s category respectively. General Secretary Amateur Kabaddi Federation of Sri Lanka, Commodore HAUD Hettiarachchi graced th...

The Sri Lanka Air Force famous for speed in the Air took to the waters of the Beira Lake on Sunday, 24th November 2013 when they piloted Formula – 2 Speedboats with precision at the inaugural ‘F2 Speedboat Challenge – Sri Lanka’ conducted by Lanka Powerboat Association. Squadron Leader AAGS Alahakoon and Flying Officer RJM Goonetileke who underwent a short training se...

Sri Lanka Air Force Men’s Stickers won the 57th Senior National Hockey tournament 2013 by defeating Sri Lanka Army by 5 goals to 2 on 24 November 2013 at the Artificial Hockey Turf Ground Colombo.The 5 goals for SLAF were scored by Leading Aircraftman Weerasooriya (2 goals), Sergeant Perera, Corporal Nanayakkara and Leading Aircraftman Mulafer. Eighteen teams took part in the tournamen...

SLAF Athlete Aircraftsman Sumanaweera S the Bronze Medal winner of the Shot-Put event at the 2nd South Asian Junior (U-20) Athletics Championships which was held in Ranchi, India from 10th November to 12th November 2013 returned to the Island this morning (14th Nov 2013).He was welcomed by members of the SLAF Athletic Pool at the Bandaranaike International Airport, Katunayake....

The New Zealand cricket team was flown to Hingurakgoda from Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) in AN 32 Aircraft of the SLAF on 13th November 2013 ahead of their 3rd and final one day internationals against Sri Lanka in the Dialog Cup 2013 on 16th November 2013 at Rangiri Dambulu International Cricket Stadium....

The Air Force 09th Open Squash Championship was held from 02nd November 2013  with the participation of 230 participants and successfully concluded this evening (09th November 2013) at the Sri Lanka Air Force Squash Complex, Ratmalana. SLAF No. 01 Squash player Corporal Gihan Suwaris and defending Champion Ms. Mihilya Methsarani of  the Srimawo Girl’s School Colombo won ...

SLAF Station Colombo secured Men’s (20 points) and SLAF TTS Ekala secured Women’s (23 points) Championships at the Inter Unit Power  Lifting Championship which was concluded last evening (24st October 2013) at SLAF TTS Ekala. SLAF Base Katunayake (13 points) and SLAF Academy China Bay (11 points) became the runners up in men and women categories respectively. 67 male and 27 fema...