Excerpt taken from an article published on the ‘Island’ news paper by Shamindra Ferdinando(21 January 2010)Participating in a Sinhala language political programme aired over Rupavahini, the former Special Forces Commander paid a glowing tribute to the Sri Lanka Air Force for throwing its weight behind the army. Commenting on operations carried out by the 55 Division under his command...

Appeared on defence.lk  (21/01/2010) The present Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa had explicitly and efficiently provided fighter jets to the Air Force at a time when it was difficult to secure them.The Director Aeronautical Engineering of the Air Force, Air Vice Marshal Jayanath Kumarasiri made this revelation when the case filed against the Sunday Leader newspaper was taken u...

The Air Force Ground Element based at the Special Operations Group Trincomalee, commanded by Wing Commander Indika Weerarathna conducting a clearance operation last morning (19 January 2010) in the general area of 'Kandalkadu' (GR 4758 of the 1.50000 Trincomalee MGM) recovered a qty of 59, 82 mm Mortar bombs, qty 33 Cartridges, qty 68 Fuse, and few other tools used for 82 mm Mortar guns ...

The prestigious President's award, the highest award given to any boy scout in Sri Lanka, was awarded by Air Chief Marshal Roshan Goonatilleke to senior Air Scout P Supun Lakmal Silva and W Shashika Meheran Fernando of the Air Scout Group at Air Force Head Quarters on 12 January 2010. Group Scout Leader of Air Scouts, Wing Commander Udula Wijesinghe, Officer In charge Squadron Le...

A new building with modern facilities was declared open by the Commander of the Air Force Air Cheif Marshal Roshan Goonetileke this morning (16 January 2010) at the Diyathalawa Pre-school. The construction of this new modern building was initiated under patronage of the Commanding Officer of SLAF Diyatalawa Air Commodore Lal Perera and the Chairperson SLAF Seva Vanitha Unit Mrs. Nelun Go...

SLAF judokas bagged the only 03 gold medals which were won by the Sri Lankan judo team that competed at the Commonwealth Judo Championship, which concluded on Sunday in Singapore. Squadron Leader Manjula Weerasinghe succeeded in winning two gold medals in the open event and the under 73 Kg weight category whilst Airman Senarath managed to win the gold medal in the under 66 Kg catego...

The Australian Defence Advisor (resident in India)  Group Captain TC Inns paid a courtsy call to the Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Air Force Air Chief Marshall Roshan Goonetilleke this afternoon (13th January 2010) at Air Head Quarters. He was accompannied by the Deputy High Commissioner of Australia, Miss Sophia McIntyre. On completion of friendly discussion the Chief...

Squadron Leader Samantha Weerasekara was appointed as Deputy Chef de mission for the Sri Lanka contingent for the forthcoming South Asian Games in  Dakha during 29th Januarary 2010 to 9th February 2010. This appointment was made by the Ministry of sports and the National Olympic committee (NOC) of Sri Lanka. He has a similar exposure in this field when he was appointed as the A...

The Chief sub Editor of Heladiva news paper Mr.Chaminda Senarathana presented three books authored by him on the humanitarian operations carried out against the separatist terrorist organization to the acting Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Roshan Goonetileke.The three books titled, Nihanda Kala Avi, Batahira Werala Nidahas, Nagena Hiru covers t...

A sum of Rs.168000 was donated by the ‘Araliya Foundation’ representing a group of expatriate Sri Lankan youth based in Canada, to the SLAF this morning (12 January 2009). These funds received will directly benefit the development work carried out at the Morawewa Sinhala Maha Vidayalaya, which the SLAF has undertaken, through the Sri Lanka Air Force Special Operations Group Peraru.Fu...

Postal voting for the Presidential Elections to be held on the 26 of January began this morning (12 January 2010). Accordingly all SLAF establishments around the country will have there own polling booths in which all its personnel, would have the opportunity of exercising their rights today as well as tomorrow.   A large number of members of the SLAF serving in Colombo eagerly...

His Excellency the President Mahinda Rajapaksa arrived at the Palaly Air Force base this morning (10 January 2009). On his arrival he was received by the acting Chief of Defence Staff and the Commander of the Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Roshan Goonetileke, Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya, Vice Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe  the Commander of the Navy  ...

A total of 482 recruits from the 141th Regular and 99th Volunteer Course and 06th course of direct entry of Airmen courses passed this morning (08 January 2010) at SLAF station Ampara after completing 17 weeks of challenging training. The training focused on drill, weapon training, tactics, field craft, map reading, fire fighting, explosive handling, Humanitarian Law, Air Force Law ...

The SLAF Museum plans to fly two of the oldest aircrafts in their fleet this Saturday (January 09th, 2010) in an Air Demonstration taking place at the Rathmalana Air Base Approx. at 10AM (1000Hrs).The venerable De Havilland Tiger Moth and the Chipmunk TMK are two flying legends which have been fully restored to flying condition by a dedicated team of SLAF engineers and technicians. De H...

21 Student military officers from the 20th batch of the Command and Staff Collage of Nepal paid an educational visit to the SLAF Museum on 04th January 2010. On their arrival, the visitors were received by the Base Commander of the Ratmalana air base, Air Commodore Sumangala Dias whilst they were accompanied on a tour of the Museum by its Commanding Officer Wing Commander Malintha Perera...

Six hundred war heroes of the SLAF and their families were honored today (January 4, 2010) at a function organised by the Sri Lanka Air Force at the Ekala Air Force Base.The “Guwan Viru Upahara” was organised jointly by the Directorate of welfare and the Air Force Seva Vanitha Unit aimed at honoring war heroes and their families. The service personnel and their families were presente...

Galle Season 2009 was staged from 27 Dec 09 to 31 Dec 09 at the Galle Fort premises, which involved exhibitions, cultural pageants, street parades/ tours on Galle History, fashion shows and old crock rallies.The event also included displays from the three Armed Forces in which the SLAF exhibition site was a main attraction in this colourfull event, that  attracted huge crowds both d...

The acting Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Air Force Air Chief Marshal Roshan Goonetileka addressed a gathering of officers and non commissioned officers this morning (01 January 2010) at the Air Force head quarter premises. In his message the Air Chief appreciated the hard work done by each and every person in the organization towards the success in the previous year. H...

The annual children’s party of Sri Lanka Air Force Station Colombo was held at the Rifle Green sports grounds last evening (30 December 2009). The entertainment for this event was provided by the SLAF band, whilst the trained Air Dog’s of the SLAF did few performances which indeed grabbed the attention of each and every young and old person present at the premises.  Meanwhile Mr...

The Ambassador for the embassy of the United States of America in Sri Lanka Mrs Patricia Butenis paid a visit to Air Force Headquarters this afternoon (30 December 2009) and met with the Acting Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Roshan Goonetileke.Official plaques and pleasantries were exchanged between the two at this occasion....

The Graduation Ceremony of the No. 03 Defence Services Command and Staff Collage was held at the Staff College auditorium at Sapugaskanda this morning (29 December 2009). The Prime Minister of the Socialist Democratic Republic of Sri Lanka Hon. Rathnasiri Wickramanayaka graced the occasion as guest of honour.A total of 51 Officers from the tri services, one from the Police and 04 interna...