“Guwan Hamuda Papedi Sawariya 2022” was held for the 23rd consecutive year, concurring to the 71st Anniversary of the Sri Lanka Air Force. The Men’s race was held on 04th, 05th and 06th March 2022 in 3 stages. Cyclists from all around the country participated in this race covering a total distance of 412km. Avishka Madonza of the Sri Lanka Army won the overall Championship. The tea...

The sacred 28 peripheral Buddha Statues were placed at the Sandahiru Seya premises in Anuradhapura amidst the blessings of Venerable Maha Sanga under the patronage of Secretary to the Ministry of Defence General Kamal Gunaratne (Retd) yesterday (05 March 2022).During the placing of the Buddha Statues, Venerable Maha Sanga performed the Atavisi Buddha Pooja and Bodhi Vandana.   ...

The Change of Command of the No. 01 Leisure and Recreation Wing Sri Lanka Air Force Academy China Bay was conducted today (06 March 2022). The traditional Handing Over/ Taking Over Parade took place at the No. 01 Leisure and Recreation Wing Headquarters where the outgoing Commanding Officer Group Captain BWDNM Samarakoon USP, MHRM, BA (Def Stu) handed over command to Group Captain SV Pre...

Under the directives by the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana the Sramadana campaign commenced in a major scale at Colombo area this morning (05 March 2022) with the active participation over 3000 SLAF members which in parallel to the 71st Air Force Day Celebration 2022. The main aim of this programme is to eliminate the dengue breeding places and to keep the e...

The First leg of the 23rd Guwan Hamuda Papedi Sawariya ended at Puttalam yesterday (4 March 2022) having covered a distance of 138km. Sri Lanka Army Cyclist Sandaruwan Pinto won the 1st leg of the race while Sandun Kumara from Fun Bee Racing Cycling Club and Ashen Tharuka of Sri Lanka Air Force finished as second and third places respectively.The second day of the Men’s Cycle race comm...

The Guwan Hamuda Papedi Sawariya 2022, the 23rd edition of the race was flagged off by the Minister of Youth & Sports, Minister of Development Co-ordination and Monitoring and State Minister of Digital Technology and Enterprise Development, Hon. Namal Rajapaksa on the invitation by Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana this morning (4 March 2022) in front of Ai...

SLAF celebrated its 71st anniversary on 02 March 2022 and Secretary to the Ministry of Defence General Kamal Guneratne (Retd) extended his greetings on the occasion to Commander of the Air Force and to all Members of the SLAF.General Guneratne (Retd) commended that “As the brave Officers, Airmen and Airwomen of the Sri Lanka Air Force contributed at an immense level to achieve peace an...

A 21 member delegation from the 51st Navy Staff Course of Pakistan War College visited Air Force Headquarters today (3 March 2022).The delegation was led by Commodore Syed Ahmed Ovais Hyder Zaidi along with 21 Pakistan Armed Forces Officers who are currently on their Study Tour of Sri Lanka.The head of the delegation called on Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana ...

The 21st edition of “Piyasara” magazine officially re-launched today (03 March 2022) at the Air Force Headquarters with the graceful presence of the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana. The magazine was designed and published by Directorate of Media quarterly until 2019 and discontinued due to the restriction imposed with the outbreak of pandemic. By breaking...

A vital and outstanding requirement was fulfilled under the direction of the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana through the launching of an “Air Power Doctrine” today (02 March 2022) at Southern Commander’s Office, SLAF Base Katunayake . This is the culmination of the efforts of professional board comprising expertise which was headed by the Chief of Staff...

The Sri Lanka Air Force which was established in the year 1951 as the Royal Ceylon Air Force on a day such as today (02 March 2022) and thus celebrated 71 years of guarding the skies above our beloved mother land, Sri Lanka. The official anniversary parade was held this morning at SLAF Base Katunayake under the auspices of the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana....

Sri Lanka Air Force on its anniversary day on 02nd March 2022, marked another milestone for the Helitours (Domestic Commercial Air Transport Service of Sri Lanka Air Force) when the company received the Air Operator Certificate (AOC) from the Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CAASL) to recommence commercial air transport operations after a period of silence for the last couple of ye...

The Sri Lanka Air Force which is gearing up to celebrate its 71st Anniversary as the “Guardians of the Skies” conducted the “Pichcha Mal Pooja” at Kelaniya Raja Maha Viharaya for the fifth consecutive year. The event was organized under the auspices of the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana this evening (1 March 2022) by SLAF Station Colombo, to invoke b...

Inline with the 71st Anniversary of the SLAF, a Special Donation programme was conducted today (01 March 2022) at “Amilasiri Gilan Bikshu Aramaya” at Avissawella under the guidance of Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sudarshna Pathirana and Chairperson SLAF Seva Vanitha Unit, Mrs. Charmini Pathirana.“Amilasiri Gilan Bikshu Aramaya” is an institution which provides treatmen...

The traditional Handing Over/ Taking Over Parade of Air Defence Command and Control Centre at SLAF Station Mirigama was conducted yesterday (28 February 2022) where the outgoing Commanding Officer, Group Captain DS Wickramarachchi MSc (Def & Strat Stu), BA (Soc Sci), psc handed over the command to Group Captain DSC Fernando RSP and two Bars, USP, Pg Dip (LRHRM).The outgoing Commandin...

The press briefing on the “ Guwan Hamuda Papedi Sawariya 2022” was held today (28 February 2022) at the Air Force Headquarters. This year’s race will be conducted for the 23rd consecutive year in concurrence with 71st Anniversary of the Sri Lanka Air Force. Over one hundred male and more than thirty female Sri Lankan ranking/other riders are expected to compete in this race.The dur...

A new victory in the cricket Major Club Emerging 3 - Day Tournament, Group ‘A’ was set at Air Force Ground, Katunayake yesterday (27 February 2022) between Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club and Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC). SLAF Sports Club, batting first, rattled up an astonishing won by an inning and 151 runs. An unbeaten double century by Movin Subasinghe and a match bag of ten wicke...

SLAF Aviation Unit, United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Central African Republic (MINUSCA) was privileged to host the visit of United Nations under Secretary General for Peace Keeping Operations, His Excellency Jean-Pierre Lacroix on his official visit to Sector East, (MINUSCA) on 25 February 2022. This was the first time in the history of SLAF Aviation Un...

The Eagles pinned down Sailors and clawed out a critical victory scoring 12 points against Navy Sports Club at the Air Force Rugby Grounds Rathmalana during the Sri Lanka Rugby XVs Inter-club ‘A’ Division Rugby tournament held yesterday (25 February 2022).SLAF and Navy scored equal during the first half 05-05 with 01 try by each team. Vimukthi Fernando drew the first triumph during t...

The Sri Lanka Air Force official website, “www.airforce.lk” won the Silver Award under Government Category in the Best Web Competition 2021 which was organized by the LK Domain Registry for the 11th time to recognize the best websites in Sri Lanka. The award was officially handed over today (25 February 2022) to the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana by the ...

The Organic Fertilizer Project at Sri Lanka Air Force Regiment Training School Vanni, handed over its second stock of 15 Metric Tons organic fertilizer to the Ceylon Fertilizer Company Limited (Lak Pohora) on 22 February 2022 in view of strengthening the government’s organic fertilizer production drive on the directives of the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathiran...