The Annual Pirith Chanting and Almsgiving Ceremony at SLAF Station Palavi was conducted under the guidance of Commanding Officer, Group Captain Nishantha Priyadarshana on 26th and 27th of March 2019.This is one of the parallel events conducted to commemorate the 68th Anniversary of the Sri Lanka Air Force, to mark the 7th Anniversary of the EOD School after Relocation at SLAF Station Pal...

Sri Lanka Air Force secured the Gold Award for the Public Sector - Inter Departments Category at the National Productivity Awards ceremony held at the Bandaranayake Memorial International Conference Hall today (26 March 2019).The ‘National Productivity Awards 2018’ was organized by the National Productivity Secretariat (NPS) which is under the Ministry of Public Administration and Ma...

Six (6) projects constructed and completed by the SLAF under “Pibidemu Polonnaruwa” were vested in the public on 25 March 2019 by the President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, His Excellency Maithripala Sirisena. The Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Kapila Jayampathy also attended the event accompanied by the Director Civil Engineering Air Vice Marshal MRK S...

The Dialog Rugby Clifford Cup came to a close with the final encounter between Air Force SC  and Havelocks SC. For the Air Force, this was a historical encounter, for the last occasion that an Air Force Rugby Team entered the finals was back in 1986 where they triumphed as Champions. The team in 1986 was led by Lakshman Caldera where Air Force defeated Police 10 points t...

In line with the 68th Anniversary of the Sri Lanka Air Force, SLAF Station Morawewa organized a medical campaign on 23 March 2019 at the Kiulekada School, Adampane, Gomarankadawala with the participation of Air Force Medical Staff and Medical Officers of the Mawanella General Hospital.This aim of the campaign was to provide medical treatment for the villagers in this rural area. ...

The Annual All Night Pirith Chanting Ceremony was held at SLAF Station Batticaloa on 22nd March 2019 to mark its 36th Anniversary in combination with “Thripitakabhivandana Week” in view of the declaration of Therevada Thripitaka as a world heritage.The pirith chanting ceremony was followed by an alms giving for Venerable Maha Sangha and the Reliquary was taken to the Stat...

The Theravada Tipitakaya, which has been secured and preserved for 2300 years by the Bhikkus, the Buddhists and the kings, was officially announced as a pure heritage of the Sri Lankan nation.  A timely decision taken by the President, His Excellency Maithripala Sirisena for the sake of securing the heritage of Buddhism, this is indeed a historic occasion for Sri Lanka.The United Na...

SLAF Station Colombo emerged as Men's and Women's Champions at the Annual Road Race-2019, yesterday morning (23 March 2019 ).Over 300 participants inclusive of Officers, Airmen and Women from various age groups representing the Air Force Academy and all Bases/Stations took part at this event which concluded at the Rifle Green Grounds in Colombo.Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Kap...

Annual Academic Session- 2019 of the Sri Lanka College of Military Medicine (SLCOMM) organised for the third consecutive year, commenced today (22 March 2019) at the Eagles’ Lakeside Banquet and Convention Hall, Attidiya under the auspices of the State Minister of Defence and Mass Media, Hon. Ruwan Wijewardene.The Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, Mr. Hemasiri Fernando, Commanders ...

Under the guidance of the Chairperson of the SLAF Seva Vanitha, the Seva Vanitha Unit of SLAF TTS Ekala visited Ward No. 3 of Mulleriyawa Hospital on 19 March 2019. Essential commodities were donated to the inmates with entertainment activities followed by lunch. The President of SVU at SLAF TTS Ekala, Mrs. Anne Dushyanthi Perera, Lady Officers, Airmen and Airwomen participated for this ...

The SLAF Baseball team recently took part in the National Baseball knockout tournament conduct by the Sri Lanka Amateur Baseball Association from 18 February 2019 to 17 March 2019 at Diyagama Mahinda Rajapaksha Basball Ground. This tournament was played on double knock out basis and after playing the scheduled matches with reputed teams during initial round and semi finals, SLA...

The Sri Lanka Air Force Excellence Awards 2018 was held at the Eagles’ Lagoon View Banquet Hall at Katunayake yesterday (19 March 2019) with the participation of the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Kapila Jayampathy. Outstanding performances of the men and women within the Air Force were recognized and appreciated in order to motivate them to strive for continued excellence.Bas...

The 20th Grand Slam Carrom Championship organized by the Carrom Federation of Sri Lanka (CFSL) was held from 16th to 18th March 2019 at CFSL Headquarters at Kohuwala.Corporal Udesh Chandima Perera won the Men’s Singles Title and Corporal Chalani Liyanage won the Women’s Singles Title. Further, Air Craftsman Dineth Perera secured 3rd Place in the Men’s Single category as well. ...

No 1 Air Defence Radar Squadron (ADRS) at SLAF Base Katunayake celebrated its 13th anniversary on 14 February 2019 under the guidance of the Commanding Officer, Wing Commander NP Udagedara. In view of the anniversary No 1 ADRS carried out social service activities and donated dry rations to a needy family in Kurana area on 11th March 2019.The anniversary celebration began with a parade a...

The Closing Ceremony of the 6th batch of the Finishing School was held at Auditorium at the SLAF Trade Training School Ekala yesterday (16 March 2019). Mrs. Anoma Jayampathy, the Chairperson of the Seva Vanitha Unit (SVU) graced the occasion as the Chief Guest and gave away the certificates and prizes. 19 participants including daughters of serving and retired service personnel and 16 yo...

The No 6 Helicopter Squadron celebrated its 26th Anniversary on 15th March 2019. The celebration included a number of Community Service Projects and religious ceremonies. The working parade was held on the 15th of March and was reviewed by the Commanding Officer, Wing Commander Priyamal Fernando.The Formation day was conducted with a multi-religious ceremony, an Inter Squadron Elle Tourn...

In celebration of the International Women’s Day 2019, a special programme was held on 11 March 2019 at SLAF Station Colombo.The programme was conducted by Miss. Surangi Kodithuwakki, and participants were briefed about the products of Off Marks and how to make them useful for ladies. In addition to that, a skin test and cleanup session was conducted by team of Alaris Group of Companies...

The Command Legal Department organized yet another lecture under the continuing legal education lecture series on the topic of “Procurement Guidelines and their Developments” for Logistics, Provost and Administrative Legal Officers of Tri Forces and other rank personnel of SLAF.The guest lecture was conducted by Mr. Viraj Dayaratne, President’s Counsel, Additional Solicitor General...

The Graduation Ceremony of the No 59 Junior Command and Staff Course was held at the Astra Hall at Sri Lanka Air Force Academy China Bay today (15th of March 2019).Air Vice Marshal KAL Ranathunga, the Director Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering graced the ceremony as the Chief Guest. Bangladesh Defence Attaché and delegates from the SL Army and Navy also witnessed the event a...

Taking into consideration the numerous requests made by servicemen and civil personnel, the Chairperson of  the SLAF Seva Vanitha Unit, Mrs. Anoma  Jayampathy took steps to provide assistances to a number of worthy cases.The following donations were handed over today (15th March 2019) at Seva Vanitha Unit, Air Force Headquarters, Colombo with the participation of the Chairperso...

The SLAF Hospital at Academy China Bay celebrated its 08th Anniversary yesterday (14th March 2019). The working parade was held on under the purview of the Commanding Officer, Wing Commander M Vethothayan. The Commanding Officer addressed the gathering and commended the staff for the contributions made to uplift the services provided to servicemen, servicewomen and civilian staff, and fo...