The AF Museum Rathmalana started its second session of the series of workshops on “Aviation Fundamentals for Beginners” on Monday 10th December at AF Museum Auditorium. The three days workshop will be conducted during the school holidays in December and four such workshops are scheduled to commence. The first session was successfully completed with 220 students joining the “Young A...

SLAF men and women emerged runner up in the Western Province Inter Club Badminton Championship 2012 which was held from 07th to 9th December 2012 at the St. Thomas' College Indoor Stadium. In the men's final Tamil Union Badminton Club beat SLAF and in the women's' final Aponsu Badminton Club beat SLAF after a keenly contested game....

The SSC Squash Ranking Tournament 2012 was held recently at the SSC Squash Complex Colombo. The SLAF squash player Cpl Suwaris TAP won the Men’s Open and became 1st in the Sri Lankan Squash ranking. Lac Methsiri HWN secured the 5th  place in the Men’s Open whilst Cpl Kumara MDTW and F/Sgt Wijethunga PPK became runner up in Men’s Open Plate and in the over 35 category respectiv...

The two Sri Lanka Air Force wrestlers, who were part of the Sri Lankan wrestling team, bagged two Bronze medals at the International Wrestling Championship 2012 which was held at Pakistan from 06th to 09th December 2012.014498 Cpl Fernando RUM and 014502 Cpl Salgado MCS won Bronze Medals in 60Kg and 70Kg weight categories respectively....

The Commander of the Air Force Air Marshal HD Abeywickrama flew and landed a Y 12 aircraft at Iranamadu runway this evening. The Commander did the landing to test the surface of the runway which has been completed up to a distance of 1100 metres where the third layer of the runway surface has been laid. The runway will be extended up to 1500 metres and the total responsibility of its con...

The Commander of the Air Force Air Marshal HD Abeywickrama was part of the history making Burdett Trophy winning Nuwara Eliya Golf Club (NEGC) team. The Burdett Trophy is a prestigious event played between the Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC) and the Nuwara Eliya Golf Club (NEGC) and this year’s event was the 108th encounter between these two great clubs. NEGC won this encounter after ne...

The Graduation Ceremony of the No. 40th Junior Commanders’ Course was held at the Junior Command and Staff College auditorium at SLAF Academy China Bay on 07 December 2012. The Director Logistics of the Sri Lanka Air Force Air Vice Marshal KVB Jayampathy graced the occasion as the Chief Guest.A total of 21 Officers from the Sri Lanka Air Force in the rank of Squadron Leader and Flight ...

Gp Capt AS Vithana, the Chief Information Technology Officer was among the panelists who took part in the Panel Discussion at the 5th Annual National Conference on Cyber Security. He was invited to this event by the Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Response Team (SLCERT) which is the National Institute handling cyber security. Gp Capt Vithana’s area of discussion was “How the security fo...

Two members of the Sri Lanka Air Force women’s hockey team were selected to tour Singapore as part of the National Hockey Team to participate in Asia Hockey Federation Cup at Delta Sports Complex Singapore, from 06th to 16th December 2012.The Air Force members are as followsVAW 01670 Ac Wickramasingha KMHSVAW 01877 Ac Thamiyadasa KACT...

The Inter Unit Judo Championship was held at SLAF Base Anuradhapura on 3rd and 4th December 2012. 275 Airmen and Airwomen took part in the championship. Director, General Hospital Anuradhapura Dr RT Dassanayake graced the occasion as chief guest. Referees and judges from Sri Lanka Judo Association, Sri Lanka Army and Sri Lanka Navy assisted the Air Force during the championship. The men�...

A newly constructed Farm Shop at SLAF Base Ratmalana was declared open by the Commander of the Air Force Air Marshal HD Abeywickrama this morning (05th December 2012).Base Commander SLAF Base Ratmalana Air Commodore HMSKB Kotakadeniya, Command Welfare Project Officer Air Commodore WLRP Rodrigo, officers and other ranks were also present at the occasion....

SLAF Academy China Bay and SLAF Base Katunayake won the Men’s and Women’s Championships whilst SLAF Base Vavuniya and SLAF Station Diyathalawa became Men’s and Women’s Runners up at the inter unit volleyball tournament held from 19th to 30th November at the SLAF Base Katunayake.The chairman of Sri Lanka Army Volleyball Committee Brigadier DSC Wanniarachchi   graced the ...

A community project was conducted at Hingurakgoda on 03 December 2012 with a view to assist children of “Vidumina” Pre School Kottepitiya Hingurakgoda.  A total number of 63 Children were presented with a pack of schooling items and this was followed by a lunch. This was organized under the patronage of the Chairperson of SLAF Seva Vanitha Unit Mrs. Neelika Abeywickrama in liais...

A dog breeding unit was declared open at SLAF Diyatalawa on 28th November 2012 by the Commanding Officer Gp Capt JA Amerasinghe. This project was initiated by Command Welfare Project Agro Unit. Presently twenty kennels are housed with different pedigrees of dogs. A trained staff with a veterinary surgeon Flt Lt LKHRT Amarasiri shoulders the responsibility of the section....

A Junior Officers Refresher Course was successfully completed at SLAF Diyatalawa from 19th to 30th November 2012. It was conducted under the direction and guidance of the Commanding Officer Gp Capt AJ Amarasinghe at SLAF Station Diyatalawa.The course programme included lectures and exercises pertaining to subjects on Ground Combat, Leadership, Motivation, Foot and Sword Drill. The Office...

SLAF emerged Runner-up in the Western Province 7 a side Rugby tournament 2012 which was worked off on 01st and 02nd December 2012.24 rugby teams, in the Western Province took part in this year’s tournament and the matches for the second day of the tournament were held at the Royal Sports Complex, Colombo. In the Cup final Carlton Sports club beat Air Force “A” after a keen conteste...

The Sri Lanka Air Force won the 15th Annual Charles Robinson Memorial all Island 7 a Side Hockey Tournament for the 06th consecutive time defeating Sri Lanka Police by 1 goal to nil. The tournament was held on 2nd December 2012 at the Police Park Bambalapitiya. With this win SLAF bagged all the trophies offered for hockey this year and 5 members of the SLAF were also selected to represen...

The SLAF men and women Judokas became the Overall Champs at the 52nd National Judo Championship organized by the the Sri Lanka Judo Association which was held at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium Colombo on 30th November and 01st December 2012. Overall the SLAF won the Open and Team categories of both men and women whilst bagging 15 Gold Medals, 09 Silver Medals and 03 Bronze Medals at the ...

Under the patronage of the Commandant SLAF Academy China Bay, Air Commodore SK Pathirana, the Annual Pirith Chanting and the Alms Giving ceremony was held at the Academy premises on 29 and 30 November 2012.Religious rituals of the Pirith Chanting and the Alms Giving were conducted by Ven. Sadathissa Thero, the Chief incumbent of “Sri Bohdhirajarama” Temple China Bay.The ceremony was ...

Three members of the Sri Lanka Air Force Cycling pool were selected to tour India as part of the National Cycling Team to participate in “Tour De India” International Cycling event at Mumbai, Srinagar and Delhi from 2nd to 9th December 2012.The Air Force members are as followsSquadron Leader Prasanna Ranasingha – Team ManagerLAC Buddhika WarnakulasooriyaLAC Jeewan JayasinghaAC Shir...

The SLAF Boxer AC Madushan PG was selected to represent the National team in the Duel Boxing meet (Sri Lanka Vs India), scheduled to be held on 1st of December 2012 at the Sugathdasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo....