In a significant stride towards enhancing Sri Lanka's maritime surveillance capabilities, the Sri Lanka Air Force welcomed a new Dornier-228 maritime surveillance aircraft on 16 August 2023. This pivotal addition follows the successful completion of a year-long mission by its predecessor, marking a seamless transition in safeguarding our nation's coastal and maritime interests.The journe...

“A Sustainable and Adventurous Solution for Efficient Mobility”. In an exciting leap towards sustainable transportation solutions, SLAF Base Ratmalana proudly unveils its latest venture – the “Pedal Buddy” Push Bicycle Project. This groundbreaking initiative aims to revolutionize mobility within the camp as a Welfare Project to reduce the waste of time on the move, which will b...

The Inter Unit Cycling Championship for the year 2023 was successfully concluded at SLAF Station Katukurunda on 14 August to 15 August 2023This year events were held to select best Sporting Unit in Cycling under the categories of Individual Time Trial for MEN and WOMEN and Criterion Race for MEN and WOMEN. The flagship event of the Championship, the Men’s Criterion Race was conducted o...

The Aircraft Support Wing (ASW) celebrated its 14th Anniversary on 14 August 2023. The ASW was Established in 2011 at SLAF Base Ratmalana with the primary vision of enhancing the engineering capabilities of SLAF in support of flying operations in the spectrums of both Aeronautical and General Engineering aspects. Since its inception, this wing is carrying out repairs and overhauls of B-2...

The National Handball Championship, which had not taken place for 12 years, was successfully held on 14 August 2023 at the Puttalam Indoor Stadium. The tournament was organized under the patronage of the State Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs, Hon. Rohana Dissanayaka. This event marked the revival of the championship, with the previous edition having been held in the year 2011. A tota...

The Certificate Awarding Ceremony of No. 20 English Medium and No.91 Sinhala Medium Non-Commissioned Officers’ Management Courses was held on 13 August 2023 at the NCO Management School, SLAF Academy China Bay under the patronage of the Director General Administration Air Cdre KMK Keppetipola as the Chief Guest.The core purpose behind these courses is to imbue Non-Commissioned Officers...

The graduation ceremony of the No. 73 Junior Command and Staff College was held yesterday (11 August 2023) at the auditorium of the Junior Command and Staff College, Academy China Bay. The event was graced by the Director General Aeronautical Engineering, Air Vice Marshal TADR Senanayake as the chief guest. The ceremony marked the end of the 14-week long course attended by a total of 29 ...

The Sri Lanka Air Force official website (www.airforce.lk) was adjudged as the most popular government website and was awarded the 'Gold Award' in the Government Category along with a Merit Award for the overall performance in the 'Best Web Competition- 2023' organized by the LK Domain Registry to recognize the best websites in Sri Lanka. The Director of Information Technology, Group Cap...

The Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Udeni Rajapaksa conducted the Annual Commander’s Inspection at SLAF Station Koggala yesterday (10 August 2023). The Commander was received by the Commanding Officer, Group Captain Thilina Rajapaksha. During the course of the inspection Commander visited Base Headquarters, Holiday Homes, Eagle’s Catalina Golf Course, Catalina Grill Rest...

The Change of Command at No 8 Tactical Transport Squadron, SLAF Base Ratmalana held on yesterday (10 August 2023) where the Wing Commander PDPP Dayananda RSP, Pg Dip (Def Mgt), psc, qfi handed over the command to Wing Commander TP De Silva USP, qfi. The traditional handing over taking over parade was conducted at the squadron premises with the participation of squadron personnel.The outg...

No.67 Quick Reaction Course for Foreign and Regiment Personnel was successfully concluded at the Regiment Special Forces Training School (RSFTS) Morawewa yesterday (09 August 2023) with 34 Regiment personnel and special participants from Bangladesh Air Force and Zambian Air Force for the 7th consecutive time in Quick Reaction Team training.The one-month training programme was focused on ...

The Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Udeni Rajapaksa conducted the Commander's Inspection of SLAF Station Katukurunda today (10 August 2023). The Acting Commanding Officer of the Station, Wing Commander PNJ De Silva received the Commander on his arrival.During the course of the inspection the Commander visited all areas of the Station. Also, Commander inspected the projects undert...

Responding promptly to a distress call from the Sri Lanka Transport Board Depot in Ampara, the SLAF firefighters from SLAF Station Ampara swiftly mobilized a fire vehicle and a trailer bowser, today, (10 August 2023). Their swift and decisive actions in collaboration with Urban Council Fire Division played a vital role in containing and dousing a fire that had ignited on the Depot's prem...

The 12th anniversary celebration was further enhanced with an eye clinic and distribution of reading glasses to civil personnel at the SLAF Station Mullaitivu today (09 August 2023). The Director General of Health Services, Air Vice Marshal (Dr) Lalith Jayaweera, and the Commanding Officer of SLAF Station Mullaitivu, Group Captain Lakmal Jayathilaka, supervised the event. More than 175 c...

The 47th National Age Group Diving Championship – 2023 was organized by the Sir Lanka Aquatic Sports Union and took place on the 05 and 06 August 2023 at the Sugathadasa Stadium Swimming Pool Complex in Colombo. Notably, Pilot Officer Isiwaruna De Silva marked his name as the inaugural representative of the Sri Lanka Air Force in the history of the National Age Group Diving Championshi...

The Japan-Lanka Friendship Association, with the generous support of Mrs. Morisaki Yoshie and the crew, handed over an ambulance, along with 05 scholarships for deserved school children of SLAF serving personnel and a consignment of reading spectacles, to the Sri Lanka Air Force yesterday (07 August 2023) in a ceremonial procession at Air Force Headquarters. The delegation officially han...

A PT-6 trainer aircraft belonging to the No. 1 Flying Training Wing at SLAF Academy China Bay crashed this morning (07 August 2023) within the Academy premises. The incident occurred at approximately 1127 hrs, shortly after the aircraft had taken off from China Bay airfield at around 1125 hrs. Tragically, the air accident resulted in the loss of the lives of two officers, the Pilot, Wing...

The Defence Services Hockey Team emerged victorious with the triumph over the Wennappuwa Hockey Association team during the finals in the 24th Senior Women’s National Hockey Championship 2023 yesterday (06 August 2023) at Albert Peiris Stadium, Wennappuwa.Nine Hockey Teams strived in the tournament and Defence Services Hockey Team earned the spot by defeating the Colombo Hockey Team in...

The Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Udeni Rajapaksa, paid homage to the Sacred Ruwanweliseya, Anuradhapura and called on the Chancellor of the Rajarata University, the Chief Incumbent of Mirisawetiya Vihara, Ven. Ethalawetunawewa Gnanatilake Thera, yesterday (05 August 2023) seeking blessings on his new appointment as the 19th Commander of the Air Force. The Chairperson of the SL...

The Research and Development Wing celebrated its 8th anniversary yesterday (05 August 2023). The Research and Development Wing was established in 2015 at SLAF Base Katunayake with the primary vision of enhancing the research and development capabilities of the SLAF to promote innovation and indigenous development as the primary focus. While assisting all SLAF formations in their Research...

The Inter-Unit Table Tennis Championship - 2023 took place from 02 August  to 04 August , 2023, at the SLAF Health Management Center in Colombo. This year, a significant number of players participated in both the male and female events, leading to the identification of many young talented players during the tournament. The final session and Award Ceremony were held today (04 August ...