The Passing out of the No. 26 Basic Airborne Course and No. 05 Basic Freefall Course was held at Sri Lanka Air Force Station Ampara on 12th October 2012 with Director Operations of the Sri Lanka Air Force, Air Vice Marshal GP Bulathsinghala as Chief Guest. The Naval Officer in Charge Ampara District, Commodore U I Serasinghe, the Commanding Officer of SLAF Station Ampara, Gp Capt NNDA Na...

As part of a friendly exchange of animals between Sri Lanka and Czech Republic, 2 Przewalski's Horses, 2 Hippopotamuses, and 2 Komodo Dragons transported by SLAF C 130 aircraft arrived at the BIA from Prague on 11 Oct 2012. The SLAF had earlier transported two baby elephants to Prague using the same aircraft.View Video...

A Dharma Deshana programme presided by Venerable Pitigala Gunarathana thera, Chief Incumbent of the Piliyandala Wawela Shri Sathdharmaloka Dharma Nikethanaya was held at SLAF Headquarters on 10th October 2012. The Commander of the Air Force Air Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama, members from the Air Force Board of Management, senior officers, other ranks and civilians participated the in the p...

AC Chamila Dilhani Wijerathna bagged a silver medal at the 07th Taipei Judo Championship which concluded on 04th October 2012.The captain of the National Women’s judo team, AC Wijerathna won the silver medal in the open event where strong judokas from countries such as, Japan, Korean, Thailand, Macau and host Chinese Taipei participated. The 07th Taipei Judo Championship wa...

Sri Lanka Air Force men's Handball Team won the Rotary Beach Handball Festival 2012 held at the Mount Lavinia beach on 07th Oct 2012.The festival was organized by the Rotary Club of Mount Lavinia with the assistance of the Handball Federation of Sri Lanka (HFSL). The SLAF men’s team displayed excellent skills and managed to grab the championship with a clinical performance.The men's to...

The Commander of the Air Force Air Marshal HD Abeywickrama conducted the annual AOC’s inspection on 05 October 2012 at SLAF Station Diyatalawa.The Commander, upon the arrival for the inspection reviewed the AOC’s parade commanded by the Commanding Officer  Group Captain AJ Amarasinghe and Certificate of Commendation was awarded during the parade to 19678 Sgt Janaka GA (Ops Grd S...

Ruggerite LAC Aththanayaka AMAP was selected to represent the National Rugby Team in the Asian Women’s Championship held in Pune, India. Several other Asian countries also participated in this Championship.Meanwhile, 5 Airwomen from the SLAF women's cricket team represented Sri Lanka in the 2012 Women's T20 World Cup. The Airwomen who were part of the national squad are as ...

A Sri Lanka Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft facilitated the transport of two Sri Lankan Elephants to the Prague Zoo in the Czech Republic. As part of the friendly exchange between the two nations, the Czech Republic will send back 2 Przewalski's Horses, 2 Hippopotamuses, and 2 Komodo Dragons.View Video ...

Sri Lanka Air Force Station Colombo won the Women’s Inter Unit Netball Championships 2012. SLAF Colombo beat SLAF TTS Eka 16-14 in the finals and Airwoman LAC Ariyadasa KLAL and Sgt Hewagamage DND were adjudged as the best Shooter and best player respectively. Commanding Officer SLAF Station Colombo, Air Commodore KFR Fernando graced the occasion as the Chief Guest and...

The Commander of the Air Force Air Marshal HD Abeywickrama conducted the Annual AOC’s Inspection of the SLAF Unit Weerawila.The Commander upon arrival for the inspection, was received into the camp premises by the Commanding Officer, Gp Capt MDJ Wasage through a street lining of airmen commanded by Fg Off RD Gunawardane.The Commander started the inspection with a briefing o...

The closing address and the  fall out  of No.2012/2  Catering Assistant Course was held on 02 October 2012 at  Combat Training School Auditorium with the participation of the Commandant of the Sri Lanka Air Force  Academy, Air Commodore SK Pathirana as the Chief Guest.The course commenced on 21 March 2012 and terminated on 02 October 2012. A total of ...

The newly appointed Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, Vice Admiral Jayanath Colombage, paid a courtesy call on the Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force, Air Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama, at the Air Force Headquarters this morning (02 October 2012).Upon arrival at the Air Force Headquarters, the Navy Chief was accorded a Guard of Honour. Thereafter, he was welcomed by the Commander of the A...

The Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force, Air Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama, launched new websites at SLAF Headquarters this morning (October 1st, 2012). The websites exclusively developed by the SLAF Information Technology Unit (ITU) were developed to provide a web outlet to many services currently provided by the SLAF.The new websites can be accessed by clicking on the follow...

Under the patronage of the Chairperson of SLAF Seva Vanitha Unit Mrs. Neelika Abeywickrema, the Seva Vanitha Unit of Sri Lanka Air Force celebrated the World Children’s Day by hosting Children of “Yasodara” Blind & Deaf School Balangoda by providing a Lunch and distribution of gifts to Children and the School.The community project was conducted on 1st October 2012 w...

In celebration of International Heart Day 2012, a free Heart Health Camp was conducted at the Uhana Himidurawa Vidyalaya, Ampara by Asiri Surgical Hospital in collaboration with Sri Lanka Air Force Station Amapara on 30 September, 2012. A Medical Staff consist with 02 Consultant Surgeons, 01 Consultant Physician and supporting staff of 25 from Asiri Hospital participated to m...

The personnel of Sri Lanka Air Force Detachment Mamaduwa under the direction of the Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force Air Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama commenced a community development programme to assist farmers in the area to retain a greater amount of water in tanks for use during the cultivation season. The SLAF personnel are assisting the farmers to remove silt that has ...

No:11 Flight Kitchen and Culinary Training Course was conducted for SLAF Mess Stewards and Caterers from 10 September 2012 to 28 September 2012 for a period of 3 weeks at the Sri Lankan Catering Services Katunayake. The course was organized by SLAF Unit BIA under the guidance of Air Force Headquarters. The closing ceremony was held under the patronage of Chief Executive offic...

Four members of the Sri Lanka Air Force Judo pool comprising of three men and a woman were selected to tour Chinese Taipei as members of the National Team to participate in the 07th Taipei Judo Championship.AC Wickramage JSK and AC Wijerathna DGCD were selected as captains of the men’s and women’s national teams respectively.The Air Force team members are as followsSgt ...

Sri Lanka Air Force Base Katunayake Celebrated its 61st Formation Day on 28th September, 2012.The celebrations commenced with the Base Commander of SLAF Base Katunayake, Air Commodore DLS Dias inspecting the parade.Furthermore a number of sports activities and community welfare programmes were also organized with the participation of all ranks and civilian staff of the Base.&...

The Air Force Rowing team participated at the annual ‘Head of the Beira’ Regatta held on the waters of the Beira Lake on Sunday 30th September. The event organized by the Colombo Rowing Club is a race against the clock rowed over a distance of two miles.The Air Force coxed four emerged as the Champions by clocking a time of 12.28 minutes over the 2 mile course in the Men’...

‘Kayaking’ is the latest addition to the list of sports of the Sri Lanka Air Force. The Air Force Kayakers made their debut appearance at the recently held ‘4th NACKSL Sprint Kayak Championships’ organized by the National Association of Canoeing and Kayaking in Sri Lanka.  LAC Abeygunawardena SM was able to clinch a 3rd place in the Men’s K1 1000 meters event com...