On the directives of the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sumangala Dias, the construction of a New Triage Centre adjoining the Base Hospital at Panadura commenced on the 13th of May 2020. This is the first such Triage Centre which has been established to strengthen the health care professionals at Panadura in their untiring battle against COVID-19.Triage is the process of determi...

On the directives of the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sumangala Dias, the construction of a Post Hospitalized Care Unit ward complex adjoining the Base Hospital Katunayake was commenced yesterday (26th May 2020). The laying of a Corner Stone was done by the Base Commander SLAF Base Katunayake, Air Commodore Sampath Thuyacontha.Construction of this project will be done by an En...

41 civilians who were quarantined at the SLAF Quarantine Centre located at the National Hospital for Respiratory Diseases at Welisara were released today (22 May 2020). This Quarantine Centre operated by the Sri Lanka Air Force was established on the instructions of the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sumangala Dias with the renovation of Wards 11 and 12 of the Welisara National ...

On the direction of the Director of Logistics of the SLAF, Air Vice Marshal WMKSP Weerasinghe and under the supervision of the Commanding Officer of SLAF Station Sigiriya, Wing Commander Chinthaka Alwis, the ‘Certificate Awarding Ceremony’ of Catering Assistants and Ground Stewards Advanced Courses was held yesterday (21 May 2020) at the Hospitality Management School, SLAF Station, S...

The UN Medal Awarding Ceremony of 4th Contingent of Sri Lanka Aviation Unit (UNMISS) in South Sudan was held yesterday (20 May 2020) at the Sri Lanka Aviation Unit Hangar premises in Bor. Brigadier General Mohammad Jahangir Alam, the Sector Commander (Sector East) graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. In addition, Ms. Deborah Schein (Head of Field Office of UN) and Mr. Liban Hajji (Fie...

The proceedings of this year’s National War Hero’s Commemoration Ceremony commenced with the arrival of the President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and the Commander in Chief of the Armed Force, His Excellency Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Even with the prevailing condition in the country with respect to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Rana Viru Seva Authority under the auspices...

98 civilians from the Bandaranayaka Mawatha who were quarantined at the SLAF Quarantine Centre at Palaly completed the necessary period today (19 May 2020) and were sent to their homes. The Quarantine Centre at Palaly was operated on the instructions of the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sumangala Dias in order to support the government’s effort of controlling the COVID-19 out...

The No 2 Information Technology Wing at SLAF TTS Ekala celebrated its 1st anniversary yesterday (17 May 2020). Due to spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and the prevailing situation in the country, the Wing conducted a Community Service Project of donating dry ration packs to families around the Ekala Trade Training School who were in need.The event was a collective effort put together by a...

180 Civilians from SL Navy families and those in close contact with them were released today (15 May 2020) from the SLAF quarantine centre located in Vanni. These civilians made up of 92 males and 88 females were sent to their homes today after completing the required quarantine period.On the instructions of the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sumangala Dias, these civilians were...

On the Instructions of the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sumangala Dias, the Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear and Explosive Wing of the SLAF has commenced disinfecting Railway Stations from Ragama up to Chilaw on a daily basis. These operations commenced on the 10th of May 2020. With the nation moving towards re-opening public transport systems, there is a very large re...

175 civilians who were quarantined at the SLAF Quarantine Centre located in Iranamadu were released today (11 May 2020). This Quarantine Centre operated by the Sri Lanka Air Force was established on the instructions of the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sumangala Dias in order to support the government’s efforts in controlling the spread of COVID-19 in Sri LankaThe civilians q...

256 civilians from the Gunasinghapura Area in Colombo were directed to the SLAF Quarantine Centre at Mullaitivu on 19 April 2020. These civilians were released today (10 May 2020) after completion of 21 days of quarantine.The Quarantine Centre at Mullaitivu was established on the instructions of the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sumangala Dias and will continue function and sup...

With the present COVID-19 Pandemic Situation in the country, there is an increasing need for accommodation facilities for staff working at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases better known as IDH.On the directives of the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sumangala Dias, the Directorate of Civil Engineering has commenced construction on a Nurses Quarters Building together w...

The SLAF Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear and Explosive Wing conducted yet another disinfection operation today (6 May 2020) at the Gangaramaya Temple in Colombo. The temple has planned to distribute 6000 Cooked Meal Packets during the Vesak Poya Day tomorrow where the Sri Lanka Air Force will be providing assistance by preparing the meals. On the instructions of the Commander of...

The SLAF Stations Ampara and Palaly conducted blood donation campaigns yesterday (05 May 2020) at respective Station Hospitals. The campaigns were conducted in collaboration with the Blood Banks of the District General Hospital Ampara and Teaching Hospital Jaffna respectively.The campaigns were conducted with the aim of providing aid to the National Blood Transfusion Service to cater the...

46 civilians who were quarantined at the SLAF Quarantine Centre located at the National Hospital for Respiratory Diseases at Welisara were released today (05 May 2020). This Quarantine Centre operated by the Sri Lanka Air Force was established on the instructions of the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sumangala Dias with the renovation of Wards 11 and 12 of the Welisara National ...

The e-JC&SC, the ground breaking new Sri Lanka Air Force Learning Management Systems was launched this morning (4 May 2020) with the participation of the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sumangala Dias.The e-JC&SC, the brainchild of the Commander of the Air Force, comprises of a customized e-Learning Platform hosted by the SLAF, enabling the Junior Command and Staff Colleg...

The SLAF Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear and Explosive Wing conducted disinfection operations for 236 crew members of a Dutch Ship docked at the Galle Harbor. These crew members arrived today (3 May 2020) to the Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport on a special aircraft from Netherland as a replacement crew for a Dutch Ship which is docked at the Galle Harbor.On the instructi...

The Presidential Task Force (PTF), appointed by HE the President to tackle health security at establishments of the armed forces, headed by Western Province Governor and Marshal of the Sri Lanka Air Force Roshan Goonetileke, together with Admiral (Retd) Jayantha Perera, a Presidential Task Force Member and the Director General of the Civil Security Department, Rear Admiral (Retd) Ananda ...

The SLAF Combat Training School at Diyatalawa conducted a blood donation campaign on 30 April 2020 at the School Hospital in collaboration with the Blood Bank of the Provincial General Hospital Badulla.The campaign was conducted with the aim of providing aid to the National Blood Transfusion Service to cater the demand for blood in a restricted health situation pertaining to blood produc...

The Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sumangala Dias participated for a video-tele conference organized by the Pacific Air Forces today (30 April 2020) at Air Force Headquarters. The conference was organized by the Pacific Air Forces under the leadership of General Charles Q. Brown Jr, the Commander of the Pacific Air Forces.The aim of the conference was to collectively engage thes...