Sri Lanka Air Force Koggla which has shouldered many responsibilities and supported the war effort of the country in various ways under 16 Commanding Officers till to date (19 October 2009) celebrated its 25th anniversary after its re-establishment back in year 1984.   This station played a key role in WWII, at the crucial moment of the war described as the most dangerous by Sir Win...

The Sri Lanka Air Force(SLAF) skydiving team comprising of 03 Airwomen are scheduled to perform this evening(17 October 2009) at a parachute display at the Sri Lanka Army 60th anniversary celebrations better known as the Army Tattoo. A total of 30 experienced jumpers inclusive of 10 members from the SLAF will skydive from approximately 5000 Ft in which they will open their parachutes man...

The school cadets of SAARC countries visited Air Force Head Quarters during their annual visit to Sri Lanka. They followed a presentation on the functional aspects of the SLAF by Squadron Leader Lasantha Dahanayake. Thereafter, the Commander of the Air Force, Chief of Staff, Deputy Chief of Staff and Director Air Operations participated in a question & answer session.  &nbs...

Sri Lanka Air Force team ‘A’ came first in the two day (15 & 16 October 2009) Mahapola Cycle Race-2009. The race was held in two stages where the first stage began from Ratmalana and ended from Galle having a total distance of 102.2 km, whilst the second stage started from Galle and concluded from Tangalle (154.4Km) after which the overall champions were decided. Meanwhile the Ai...

The Australasia 3Gun Championship organized by the international practical shooting confederation is scheduled to be held from 17 to 29 October 2009. The event will be hosted in the Philippines by the Philippine practical shooting association, in which they plan to conduct courses of fire in all three disciplines namely Handgun, Shotgun and Rifle.A total of 10 participants and 03 other o...

Sri Lanka Air Force cricket club beat Burgher RC yesterday (14 October 2009) at the Riffle Green, Colombo, Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club with a 31 run win over (D/L method). The airmen winning the toss invited their opponents to bat, who managed to score 178 all out (Dilhan Cooray 38, Weranga Dissanayake 49, Sidath Priyankara 3/31, Madura Sanjaya 3/42) in 47 over’s.In response ...

Under the auspices of Sri Lanka Standards Institute, the National Quality Week will be observed throughout the Island from 12 -18 October, 2009. Further, the Standards Day falls on 14 October and will be marked with special functions and events to raise awareness about setting individual and organizational standards and aiming for high productivity. The theme for this year is 'Tackli...

A newly established Radar Maintenance Wing was visited by the Commander of the Air Force during his annual visit to Sri Lanka Air Force Base Katunayake recently. A separate location for radar maintenance was an outstanding issue since the country strengthened its air defence network with modern state of the art technology radars.  The Radar Maintenance Wing will function under the D...

The SLAF Soccerites after five wins out of six matches in the first round of the Dialog Champion league, kicked off the second round first match with a 2-1 victory over Jupiters SC this evening (11 October 2009).Compared to the previous match played against the same opponents in the first round, Jupiters SC did well to restrict the Airmen to only two goals after a tight game. However, th...

Sri Lanka Air Force Station Colombo emerged overall champions in the annual road and walking race-2009, which was organized by the Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Council this morning (10 October 2009). Over 250 participants inclusive of Officers, Air men and women from various age groups representing all Air Force Bases/Camps took part at this event that concluded at the Sri Lanka Air F...

Sri Lanka Air Force Seva Vanitha Unit (SLAF SVU) organized an Inter School Athletic Meet to commemorate International Children’s Day (ICD). More than 300 school children representing all communities in Morawewa, Eastern Province, celebrated this special day on 09 October 2009.  ICD is celebrated all over the world on 01 October each year and many activities draw attention to the i...

The Commander of the Air force, Air Chief Marshall Roshan Goonetilleke received the National Productivity award for the year 2008 which is awarded by the National Productivity Secretariat under the Ministry of Labour.The award was decided following strict inspections based on a Standard International criterion, in which all Government Departments were studied over a period.  Earlier...

A newly  built house worth of Rs. 900, 000 was donated to the wife and the son of war hero Sergeant Nandasiri who was killed in 1998 at Puliyankulam due to a Clamor attack, on 05th October 2009 at Weligama in the Galle District.The house was donated by the philanthropist Ex Wing Commander Dr. and Mrs. Narme Wickramasinghe . The Chairperson Seva Vanitha Unit Mrs. Nelun Goonetileke, t...

The Commander of the Air Force Air Chief Marshall Roshan Goonetilleke was the Chief Guest at a simple ceremony held to commemorate the 29th death anniversary of General Sir John Kothalawala at the Gen sir John Kothalawala Defence university this morning (4th Oct 2009). The Commander and his wife Mrs Nelun Goonetilleke graced the occasion and he placed  a wreath at the Statue of the ...

The Air force fire fighters were called upon for assistance during the early hours of the day (04 October 2009) when a grocery shop in Daraga Town,Ambalangoda caught fire during the early hours of the day(04 October 2009). The Ambalangoda Police station had informed SLAF Station Katukurunda, at around 0510hrs regarding the fire and the fire fighters were reached the location wi...

The Varatharasa trophy, awarded to the most outstanding SLAF sportsman for-2008 went out to (08592) Corporal Silva this evening (02 October 2009) at the colours awarding ceremony held at Hotel Galadari. The ceremony is an annual feature in the SLAF sporting calendar, to felicitate all its sporting figures who have earned credit and honour in the past year.The secretary, to His Excellency...

Air Commodore Anura Silva the present Chairman of Non Command Sports (Indoor) of Sri Lanka Air Force left the country this morning (01 October 2009) in order to represent Sri Lanka at the Thirteenth Olympic congress, which brings great pride and honour to the country. The said congress will be held in Copennhagen- Denmark from 1st to 06th October 2009 in which either Japan, Brazil, ...

The national Decathlon champion Mohamad Sameera from the Air Force sports club taking part in the 87th National Athletic Championship, performed his personal best in four of the ten disciplines (long jump, shot-putt, pole volt and javelin) and aggregated 6342 points to lower the former national record established in 2006.The Air Force athlete’s participating in this championship ...

The first ever “Sigiriya Rally Cross” the newest addition to the countries motor racing arena, was flagged off this morning at a newly built track in Sigiriya. The specialty in this form of track was that it comprised the features of a ‘tar mach’ as well as the ‘gravel road’ with various obstacles of its kind. A participation of two Indian riders also added importance to the ...

The mighty Rathnam SC, one of the best teams in the game of soccer were beaten by the Air Force team 01nil, this evening(26 September 2009), in one of the Dialog Champion league matches played at the City Football League ground Colombo.Leading Air Craft man Chaminda managed to score the only goal in the match just few minutes after the kick off, which subsequently went on to be the winni...

The SLAF has been selected as the winner of the National Productivity award for the year 2008 awarded by the National Productivity Secretariat under the Ministy of Labour.The award was decided after stringent inspections based on a Standard International criteria, where all Government Departments were studied over a period.  Initially the SLAF bagged the Award for the most productiv...