The Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force Air Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama declared open the newly constructed Passenger Terminal at SLAF Station Palaly on 04th  January 2013. Director Operations Air Vice Marshal GP Bulathsinghala and Commanding Officer SLAF Station Palaly Group Captain KKAK Kaluarachchi were also present at the opening....

Secretary to the Ministry of Defence and Urban Development Mr. Gotabhaya Rajapaksha and the Commander of the Air Force Air Marshal HD Abeywickrama made a visit to the reception hall that is under constructions at boat yard SLAF Base Katunayake on 03 January 2013.This reception hall which encompasses a total area of 23,000 sq feet comprises a 9,000 sq foot banquet hall, a bridal dressing ...

The 31st Formation Day celebration of the Sri Lanka Air Force Station Palaly was held on 1st January 2013.A parade was held at the newly constructed Parade Square and the parade was reviewed by the Commanding Officer Group Captain KKAK  Kaluarachchi. This was followed by an all ranks breakfast. A Shramadana Programme was held at the Nagavihara temple in Jaffna with the active partic...

Air Cdre NHV Gunaratna handed over the command of Sri Lanka Air Force Base Vavuniya to Air Cdre PDKT Jayasingha on 01 January 2013. The traditional “Handing over Taking over” parade was commanded by Squadron Leader DNS Halahakoon. After the parade, blessings were obtained  from all four religions for the New Year and all rank breakfast were also organized for th...

The Equipment Provisioning and Accounting Unit at SLAF Base, Katunayake celebrated its second anniversary on 2nd January 2013.Celebration began with a religious ceremony held at the Unit premises and was followed by a tea party and a Cricket tournament. ...

The Junior National Weight Lifting Championship held on 28th and 29th December 2012, at the Peradeniya University, indoor stadium premises. The Best lifter is Airman Wijesingha AUMM in this event.The performance of the Airmen and Woman are as followsWomen’s                    &nb...

       Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force Air Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama declared open the newly constructed Dental Hospital at SLAF Guwanpura, Colombo on 02nd  January 2013.         The members of the Air Force Board of Management, senior officers, officers and other ranks were also present at the openi...

The Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal HD Abeywickrama addressed officers, other ranks and civilians this morning (01 January 2013) at Air Force Headquarters at a ceremony to usher in year 2013.The Commander read out the Public Service Pledge and during in his address emphasized the importance of working as per one’s conscious; he also expressed examples from the Dhammapada to exp...

AF Museum has completed the series of workshops conducted on “Aviation Fundamentals for Beginners’ for the December school vacation.Over 240 school children were given the opportunity to learn the basics of aviation during the 3 day workshop.   ...

The Graduation Ceremony of the Course No. 06 of the Defence Services Command and Staff Collage Sapugaskanda was held recently at the Temple Trees, Colombo. Cabinet Minister of External Affairs Professor GL Peiris graced the occasion as the Chief Guest.A total of 17 Officers from the Sri Lanka Air Force followed and graduated at the ceremony.Wg Cdr Devashish Kukreti from the Indian Air Fo...

     Under the guidance of the Commandant of SLAF Academy China Bay Air Commodore SK Pathirana, SLAF Academy Chin Bay celebrated Christmas in a meaningful way. A shramadhana campaign to colour wash and to give a face lift to the China Bay church was conducted on 24 and 25 December 12.     Distribution of milk coffee to a large number of...

     The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) Women’s Volleyball team remained unbeaten throughout the year and ended the season in a high note by clinching the Sri Lanka Youth Rupavahini Super League Volleyball Championship 2012 in the women’s category recently. In the finals, SLAF beat MAS Casualine Team in straight sets.     Previously, the ...

A surveillance team of the 614 Intelligence Squadron of SLAF Station Palaly has recovered a large stock of munitions in the general area of Eluththumadduval at Muhamalai on 21 Dec 2012. The recovered items are as follows.   ItemQty of Recovered40 mm RPG bomb A/PEa 09 - charges-Ea-0860 mm Mortar bombEa 25 fuse-22F1 Russian Hand GrenadeEa 212Argus Hand GrenadeEa 16MPMG Links Ea ...

The closing addresses of the No. 32 Drill Instructors’ Course and No. 41 Gunner Instructors’ Course were held at Sri Lanka Air Force Station Diyatalawa under the patronage of the Commanding Officer Gp Capt AJ Amerasinghe recently.26215 Corporal Weerakoon HMG was the Best Drill Instructor and the Best Gunner Instructor was 29757 Corporal Priyalal RAN.The Warrant Officers in Charge of ...

The “Course Night” of No. 55 Officer Cadets Basic Course, No. 30 Kothalawala Defence University Officer Cadets Basic Course, No. 7 Lady Officer Cadets Basic Course, No. 152 Regular Airmen and     No. 24 Regular Airwomen Recruit Course was held at the “Small Parade Square” of the Station.The course night was organized by the OCT Wg Cdr SPVK Senadh...

The First Deputy Chief of Defence, General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Admiral Igor Kabanenko paid a courtesy call on the Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force, Air Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama, at the Air Force Headquarters this afternoon (21 December) along with a delegation. The Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Sri Lanka in Ukraine, His Excellency Mr. Udayanga Weeratunga too atten...

The 86th Men's and Women's Senior National Boxing Championships organized by the Amateur Boxing Association of Sri Lanka (ABASL) was held at Pallekele MAS Lineage Gymnasium and the finals was held at Kandy City Centre from 14 Dec to 18 Dec 12.The winners of the tournament in the varying weights categories will qualify for the final trials of the SAF Games to be held in March 2013 in New ...

The Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army, General Bikram Singh, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, ADC, paid a courtesy call on the Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force, Air Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama, at the Air Force Headquarters this morning (20 December).Upon arrival at the Air Force Headquarters, the Indian Army Chief was accorded a Guard of Honour. Thereafter, he was received by the Com...

‘Yuletide Fantasy’ the Christmas Carols Programme of the Air Force organized by the SLAF Seva Vanitha Unit, was held at the Defence Services School Auditorium on 19th December 2012.The Commander of the Air Force Air Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama graced the event as the Chief Guest. The Chairperson of SLAF Seva Vanitha Unit, Mrs. Neelika Abeywickrama, the members of the Air Force Board ...

SLAF Base Anuradhapura (Men’s) and SLAF TTS Ekala (Women’s) won the Inter Unit Kabaddi Championship which was concluded last evening (19th December, 2012) at the SLAF Base Katunayake Sports Complex.LAC Pushpakumara WM was nominated as the "Best Player" in the men’s category. The Vice President of the World Kabaddi Federation Mr MT Fernando graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. Gr...

The Commissioning of No. 60B Direct Entry Student Officers and the Passing Out Parade of No.55 Intake Officer Cadets, No.07 Intake Lady Officer Cadets Basic Ground Combat, No.30 KDU Intensive Combat Training, No.152 Regular Airmen Recruit and No.24 Airwomen Courses was held at Sri Lanka Air Force Station Diyatalawa on 18 December 2012.The Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Air Force, Air Vi...