The Eagle’s Cup Handball Tournament - 2022 was held at Seniro Airport Sports Complex Minuwangoda from 24th March to 26 March 2022. The Director Aeronautical Engineering, Air Vice Marshal MD Rathnayake graced the award ceremony as the Chief Guest.The overall Women’s Team Championship was secured by SLAF whilst the SL Navy turned into runners-up. The Men’s Team from SLAF emerged as t...

The Inter Unit Tug of War Championship - 2022 was held at SLAF Base Katunayake yesterday (25 March 2022). The awarding ceremony took place at Sports Ground Katunayake with the graceful presence by Director Administration, Air Vice Marshal RS Biyanwila as the Chief Guest.The Men’s Championship was clinched by No.26 Regiment Wing SLAF Base Katunayake whilst the Women’s Championship was...

A victory in the cricket Major Club Emerging 3 - Day Tournament, Group ‘A’ was set at Air Force Ground, Katunayake yesterday (20 March 2022) between Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club and Moors Sports Club. After being shot out for 150 in the first innings Moors SC recovered to score 339-8 before declaring their second innings leaving Air Force to chase 172 off 47 overs. The Air Force S...

Asian Beach Volleyball qualifier for the Commonwealth Games 2022 was concluded on 19 March 2022 at Negombo Beach. Four countries including Malaysia, Maldives, Singapore and Sri Lanka participated for the tournament. The SLAF Beach Volleyball players, Corporal Yapa YHSM and Corporal Jayasinghe JLAR won the Gold medal being the unbeaten team in the tournament and qualified to represent Sri...

Sri Lanka Air Force Women’s Judo team emerged as the Overall Champions at the 56th National Novices Judo Championship 2022 worked off at the Mc Heyzer Indoor Stadium, Trincomalee from 18 March to 20 March 2022.Trincomalee District Member of Parliament, Hon. Kapila Nuwan Athukorala graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. The event was attended by Secretary SLAF Judo, Group Captain MPA G...

The Inter Unit Soccer Championship - 2022 was held at SLAF Trade Training School Ekala today (16 Mar 22). The final session and awards ceremony was held at Soccer Ground of Trade Training School and the Director Ground Operation Air Vice Marshal AJ Amarasinghe graced the finals and the award ceremony as the Chief Guest.    The overall Women’s Team Championship was secure...

Sri Lanka Air Force Netball Team emerged Runners Up at the Dialog National Netball Championship 2021 yesterday (23 January 2022) after a toe to toe game with Hatton National Bank, scoring 49-47, with a thriller extra-time tie breaker. Corporal Dulanga Dhananji and Leading Aircraftwoman Rashmi Perera scored points for Air Force team.Flight Lieutenant Chathurangi Jayasooriya awarded as the...

The Women’s Team of Sri Lanka Air Force won the National Wrestling Championship for the year 2022. The SLAF Men’s Team became Runners Up as well. The National Wrestling Championship 2022 was held at National Youth Services Council Indoor Stadium - Maharagama on 22 January and 23 January 2022.The Women's Team won 5 Gold, 5 Silver and 1 Bronze medal while the Men’s Team earned 4 Gold...

The press briefing of the ‘SLAF Sports Way Forward – 2022’, ‘Air Force Commander’s Cup Golf Tournament – 2022’, 23rd consecutive ‘Guwan Hamuda Papedi Sawariya’ and ‘71st Air Force Anniversary’ celebration was held at the Air Force Headquarters, Colombo today (12th January 2022).The highlights at the event were the presenting of ‘SLAF Sports Way Forward- 2022’ wh...

CH & FC secured the win during friendly Rugby encounter with the SLAF kicked off its 1st and 2nd legs on 13th and 22nd of August respectively in this year. The Ceremony of officially handing over of the Commander’s Cup Trophy was held today (28 December 2021) at Air Force Headquarters under the patronage of the Minister of Youth and Sports, Minister of Development Co-ordination and...

The 69th National Lifesaving Championship – 2020/2021 was organized by the Sir Lanka Lifesaving Association on 18 December 2021 at the Lifesaving Headquarters in Mount Lavinia. The Air Force Lifesaving Teams were able to sail smoothly through events against other opponents in the tournament. The SLAF Women Team was able to win the 69th National Lifesaving Championship. Further, the SLA...

Two (02) SLAF weightlifters have secured two bronze medals at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships 2021 held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on 09th and 11th December 2021. Leading Aircraftman Manoj Wijesinghe competed in the men’s 67kg weight category and successfully lifted 141kg in Clean and Jerk, 113kg in Snatch, with a total of 254kg secured a bronze medal. Meanwhile, SLAF female...

The Sri Lankan Team under the leadership of Air Commodore Udula Wijesinghe was adjudged as the winners of the “Fair Play Award” at the recently concluded 35th CISM World Military Wrestling Championship held in Teheran, Iran.The Sri Lankan Team was made up of Wrestlers from the Sri Lanka Army, Navy and Air Force. They actively participated for all events and was able to secure this aw...

SLAF Riders performed well at the Mirigama Track Day Race 2021 which was held at the Mirigama Road Race Track on 28 November 2021. The Secretary of SLAF Motor Racing, Group Captain Kolitha Abeysinghe participated for the event and also presented awards at the ceremony as well.The details of SLAF Riders performances is as follows.Motor Bicycle up to 125cc (4 stroke)2nd Runners Up - Corpor...

The SLAF Rugby 7’s Team who clinched the Warrior Trophy Rugby 7s Title on 31 October 2021 was felicitated by the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana at a ceremony held at Air Force Headquarters this morning (02 November 2021).  The Commander participated for a group photograph with the victorious team and also presented the Head Coach of SLAF Rugby, Mr. Sh...

Sri Lankan boxer Leading Aircraftwoman Gayani Kaluarachchi rewrote history when she bagged the Bronze Medal in the Women's 75kg weight category. Her victory marks a historical milestone as it is the first time a Sri Lankan female pugilist has made it to the podium in such a mega boxing event. The Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana extended his heartiest congratu...

The 2nd leg of the Air Force Commander’s Cup Friendly Rugby Tournament kicked off today (22 August 2021) at the Air Force Rugby Grounds at Ratmalana. The Sri Lanka Air Force and CH & FC came together after many months of planning to conduct a friendly encounter which was needed very much to revive the game of Rugby in Sri Lanka after a lapse of almost 2 years due to the pandemic. T...

The 1st leg of the Air Force Commander’s Cup Friendly Rugby Tournament kicked off today (13 August 2021) at Air Force Rugby Grounds at Ratmalana under the patronage of the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Hon. Mahinda Rajapaksa which was also attended by the Mrs. Shiranthi Rajapaksa as well. This tournament which was organized by the Sri Lanka Air Force was conducted under the guidance of ...

The Inter Unit Soccer Championship - 2021 was held at SLAF Trade Training School Ekala on 29 April 2021. The final session and awards ceremony was held at the Soccer Ground of the Trade Training School where the Director Administrative Air Vice Marshal RS Biyanwila graced the finals and the award ceremony as the Chief Guest. The overall Women’s Team Championship was secured by SLAF Bas...

The SLAF record breaking Swimmer, Corporal Roshan Abeysundara was honoured by the Minister of Environment, Hon. Mahinda Amaraweera at the Ministry premises this morning (21 April 2021).Corporal Abeysundara participated for the ceremony which was organized by the Ministry of Environment in honour of his achievement and also to take his massage of keeping our beautiful oceans clean from wa...

SLAF CTS Diyathalawa emerged as the Champions at the Inter Unit Billiards and Snooker Championship 2021 defeating SLAF Academy China Bay in the finals at the indoor Stadium of SLAF Base Katunayake on 07 April 2021.During the open event, Mr Saman Bandara from SLAF Base Anuradhapura and Corporal Priyangika from the Supply and Maintenance Depot at Katunayake won the Men’s and Women’s Op...