The SLAF Academy China Bay has recovered a large stock of Munitions from an abandoned agricultural well in the Kappalturai  area of the Trincomalee District which comes under the intelligence  purview of the SLAF Academy China Bay. The cache of arms was recovered based on information received  by the intelligence section of the SLAF Academy China Bay by personnel from the&...

The Closing Address Ceremony of No. 02/2012, 150 intake clerk GD Basic Course was held on 26 July 2012 at TTS Auditorium with the participation of Commanding Officer Group Captain LD Gunawardena and Chief Instructor Non-Tech Wing Commander Deepal Munasinhge. Group Captain CN Weerasinghe graced the occasion as the Chief Guest on behalf of the Director Administration.The clerk ...

The Annual SLAF Christian Religious Ceremony was held at the St. Theresa’s Church Thibirigasyaya today (26th July 2012) with the participation of the Commander of the Air Force Air Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama as chief guest.During the ceremony blessing were invoked on all SLAF personnel who made the supreme sacrifice in the line of duty and their families, the Leaders and P...

The Annual Sports Meet of International Pre School - Guwanpura was held at 1500 hrs on 25th July 2012 at the Riffle Green Ground, Colombo. Mrs Neelika Abeywickrama, the Chairperson SLAF Seva Vanitha Unit graced the event as the Chief Guest. Air Commodore Rohintha Fernando,Commanding Officer SLAF Station Colombo, Mrs Samanthi Bulathsinhala, Mrs Mekala Silva, Mrs Chamani Pathirag...

The Third Special Officer Quality Development Course for Junior Officers was conducted at Sri Lanka Air Force Diyatalawa on 19th and 20th July 2012 with a view to up lift the standard of the qualities of the Junior Officers. 12 officers from various Bases, Stations and Units took part in this programme. The course, which covered aspects of Executive Physical Training, Military Leadership...

The newly appointed Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China in Sri Lanka, His Excellency Mr. Wu Jianghao paid a courtesy call on the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama, at the Sri Lanka Air Force Headquarters this morning; 24 July 2012.The Commander and the Ambassador engaged in a discussion on matters of mutual interest and the Commander wished him a very...

SLAF Hospital Katunayake celebrated its 65th anniversary on 23rd July 2012.The event was marked by a Blood donation campaign at SLAF Hospital Katunayake on 20th July 2012 with the participation of service personnel and civilians. A  Bana preaching  programme on 23rd July 2012 was conducted at hospital premises with the participation of the Katunayake Base Commander Air Cmd...

Sri Lanka Air Force won the Defense Service Hockey Championship 2012 by defeating Sri Lanka Army by 3 goals to 2. The 3 goals for SLAF were scored by Cpl Abeyrathna,Cpl panditharathna and LAC Mulafer.The tournament was held on 22nd July 2012 at Nandamithra Ekanayake ground Matale.Director of Logistic and Chairman of SLAF Hockey, Air Vice Marshal KVB Jayampathy and Secretary of SLAF Hocke...

Certificate awarding ceremony of the 1st batch of “self Grooming course” conducted by the Seva Vanitha Unit of SLAF Station Colombo was held on 21st July 2012 and Mrs. Chamani Pathirage, graced the Occasion as the Chief Guest.“Self Grooming Course” which is conducted under the theme “Become your Own Beautician” will help the participants to gain knowledge and skil...

The Sri Lanka Air Force Station Colombo became the Inter Unit Table Tennis Champions 2012 defeating the SLAF Base Rathmalana at the Thummulla sport complex on 20th July 2012.Secretary of the Sri Lanka Table Tennis Association Mr. Dananjaya Darmarathna graced the occasion as the Chief Guest and Commanding Officer SLAF  Colombo Air Commodore KFR Fernando, Chairmen of the S...

Under the patronage of the Seva Vanitha Unit of SLAF station Colombo, SLAF Hospital Guwanpura conducted a Well Woman Clinic on 20th July 2012 in collaboration with the Family Planning Association of Sri Lanka. Mrs. Roshani Gunatilleke, graced the occasion as the chief guest.A series of health educational sessions regarding breast cancer, cervical cancers contraceptive methods, self-breas...

The closing address ceremony of No 150 intake Airmen Basic Clerk Accounts Trade Training Course and  1/2011  Aero Engine Advanced  course  was held on 17.07.2012 at TTS Auditorium with the participation of Commanding Officer Group Captain LD Gunawardena and Officer Commanding Training, Wing Commander CJ Hettiarachchi. Gp Capt GAMW Amerakoon and  Gp Capt CN Weeras...

The Closing Address Ceremony of Supply Basic Trade Training Course of No. 149 Airmen & No. 23 Airwomen intakes was held on 11.07.2012 at TTS Auditorium with the participation of Commanding Officer Group Captain LD Gunawardena and Officer Commanding Training   Wing Commander CJ Hettiarachchi. Wing Commander KSN Perera graced the occasion as the Chief Guest on behalf of the D...

The Indian cricket Team arrived at the Rifle Green  prior to their departure to Hambantota on 19th  July 2012.The team was flown to the match venue in one Mi-17 and one Bell 412 of SLAF ahead of their first encounter against Sri Lanka in the Micromax Cup 2012 on 21st July 2012....

Today (18 July, 2012) Sri Lanka Air Force firefighters carried out a Fire Evacuation drill at the Millennium Information Technologies (Pvt)Ltd located  Malambe.This exercise was conducted to introduce the occupants of the building to the procedures to be adopted in the event of a fire and to familiarize firefighters with the Millennium Information technologies building w...

The Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force, Air Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama, conducted the AOC's Inspection of SLAF Unit Katukurunda on 13 July 2012.  The Commander was welcomed by the Commanding Officer of SLAF Unit Katukurunda Wing Commander DHS Amarasinghe and was accorded a street lining on arrival.  The Commander inspected all areas within the unit premises and ad...

The Commander of the SLAF Air Marshal HD Abeywickrama conducted the Annual AOC's inspection of SLAF Unit Koggala during the morning hours of 13 July, 2012. The Commander was welcomed by the Commanding Officer of SLAF Unit Koggala Wing Commander MHC Rupasinghe and was accorded a street lining on arrival. During the course of the inspections the Commander covered all areas of the Unit...

A Workshop on Cleaner Dining and Convenience food was conducted recently at SLAF Station Colombo by the Station Seva Vanitha Unit. The programme was conducted by a team led by the Executive Chef Saman Wijeratne from the Unilever Food Solutions. The programme was based on quick and convenient cooking methods for ladies and tips for preparation of Chinese, Italian, Thai, Indonesian and Ind...

The Sri Lanka Air Force Base Katunayake conducted an Annual Cake Exhibition for Structure and Birthday Cakes on 12 July 12 at the Base Cafeteria. The participants were personal from the Cake classes held for the members of SVU SLAF Base Katunayake.   The Chairperson SLAF Seva Vanitha Unit Mrs. Neelika Abeywickrama graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. Mrs. Neelika...

A Leadership and Personality Development programme, for the young stewardesses of Sirimavo Bandaranaike Vidyalaya, was successfully conducted recently at the school premises. 78 stewardesses, who will be selected as Senior Prefects, participated in this event.  8 lady officers and 5 male officers led by Wing Commander Chithrika Pathirana, conducted the programme.The programme consis...

The Grand Finale of the Ranaviru Real Star Competition concluded last night at the Sugathadasa Indoor stadium with Ayomi Perera of the Sri Lanka Army winning the competition.  "Ranaviru Real Star" is a brain child of Secretary Defence and Urban Development Mr. Gotabaya Rajapaksa which aims at bringing out the hidden talents of war heroes of the three forces.The chief guest on the oc...