The outgoing Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, Vice Admiral Somathilake Dissanayake, paid a farewell call on the Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force, Air Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama, at the Air Force Headquarters, on 21 September 2012.Upon arrival at the Air Force Headquarters premises, he was received by the Commanding Officer of SLAF Station Colombo, Air Commodore Rohintha Fernando, an...

The closing address ceremony of No. 01/2012, 149 intake of Air Photo Basic Course was held on 20th September, 2012 at the Sri Lanka Air Force Trade Training School (TTS) Ekala under the patronage of Commanding Officer Group Captain P Ranasinghe and Acting Officer Commanding Training Squadron Leader WUS De Silva. Group Caption GAMW Amrakoon Commanding Officer MTROW graced the occasion as ...

A personal grooming workshop was organized for Seva Vanitha Members, Lady Officers and Airwomen by the Seva Vanitha Unit on 15th September 2012 at SLAF Base Ratmalana under the guidance of the Chairperson SLAF SVU Mrs. Neelika Abeywickrama. The President of SVU SLAF Base Rathmalana Mrs. Sanjevani Kotakadeniya also attended the workshop.The workshop was conducted by Dreamron Beauty Academ...

The English Language Performance Day of No 29 Airmen and No 03 Airwomen Gunner Advance (TE -II) Training Course was held at the Main Lecture Hall of Regimental Training Centre at SLAF Station Ampara on 18th September, 2012. The occasion was graced by the Commanding Officer of the Station Gp Cpt NNDA Nanayakkara as the Chief Guest. The Commanding Officer 39 Regiment Wing Sqn Ldr NP Perera...

The Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama, conducted the 2012 AOCs Inspection of SLAF Station Sigiriya on 14th September, 2012.The Commander, upon arrival for the inspection was received to the Station by Commanding Officer of SLAF Station Sigiriya Wing Commander Chaminda Silva, with a street lining commanded by Flying Officer E G Ravindra.During the inspection, the...

Thrills and spills of speed racing and riding full of excitement and great sportsmanship brought exciting scenes to the Rotherham Circuit Meet 2012 which concluded successfully at the Sri Lanka Air Force Katukurunda today (16th September 2012).The motor car and bike racing competition was worked off at the Katukurunda Airstrip which is famous for generating high speed racing, saw the par...

Sri Lanka Air Force Station Colombo Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams won the Inter unit Basket Ball Championship 2012 which was worked off for five days at the Tummulla Sport Complex   from 10 September to 14 September 2012.In the men’s final, SLAF Colombo beat Tech Formation of the SLAF Base  Katunayaka 64-56 and in the women's final, SLAF Colombo beat SLAF Diyath...

The passing out ceremony of the 51st Non Commissioned Officers Management Course was held at the NCOs’ Management School Auditorium of the Sri Lanka Air Force Academy China Bay on 14th September 2012. Air Vice Marshal AM De Zoysa the Command Intelligence Officer of the Sri Lanka Air Force graced the ceremony as the Chief Guest.The school which is accredited to the Universit...

The 5th Inter Unit Drill and Band Competition 2012 successfully concluded today (13th Saptember2012) at the SLAF Base Katunayake Parade Square and defending champions SLAF Base Katunayaka won the Championship of this year. Over 23 teams representing all SLAF establishments took part in the drill competition and SLAF Base Katunayaka, SLAF Base Anuradhapura and SLAF Station Diyathalawa qua...

“Guwan Prathiba Praba’ a novel event in search of true talent of the SLAF was staged at the Auditorium of the Bishop College in Colombo this evening (12th September 2012) and concluded as a resounding success.According to a concept of the Chairperson of the Sri Lanka Air Force Seva Vanitha Unit (SVU), Mrs Neelika Abeywickrema, this mega talent search was initiated approxi...

Sport Festival for the year 2012 was held at SLAF Base Vavuniya from 9th Aug 2012 to 7th Sep 12 with the guidance and instructions of the present Base Commander Air Cmdr NHV Gunaratne.This Sport Festival was comprised with 8 sporting events including Cricket, Foot ball, Volley ball, Swimming , Rugby, Elle, Badminton and  Basket Ball. All the service personnel including a...

Sri Lanka Air Force continues to Facilitate the Air Transport of the sacred Kapilavastu Relics on their journey through out Sri Lanka from the 29 of August to 12 of September 2012. The exposition, which are on a special visit through various part of Sri Lanka were transported using Mi-17 helicopters of the Sri Lanka Air Force. Bell-206 Helicopters were also used to facilitate f...

The Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama, conducted the AOC’s inspection of Sri Lanka Air Force Base Katunayake on the 7th September 2012. The AOC's parade was commanded by the Base Commander of SLAF Base Katunayake, Air Commodore DLS Dias.Certificates of commendation were awarded during parade to the Airmen and Civilian staff for the valuable service they have r...

The 7th Defence Services Games 2012 came to an exciting close, in a colourful ceremony last evening at the  Sugathadasa Stadium last evening which saw the culmination of months of competitive sports where sportsmen and women of the tri-services pitting their talents against each other in 30 Competitive events and in 13 of the planned 17 Trial events. In the competitive events the Sr...

No. 10 Flight Kitchen and Culinary Training Course and No. 02 Advance Training was conducted for SLAF Gunners from 2nd August 2012 to 30th August 2012 and from 10 August 2012 to 30 August 2012 repectiviley at the SriLankan Catering Services Katunayake. The course was organized by SLAF Unit BIA with the guidance of Sri Lanka Air Force Headquarters. Indian Production Manager Mr...

His Excellency Mahinda Rajapakse, President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, unveiled a plaque marking the commencement of a project that would see an extension and an overlay of the existing runway and a new terminal building and an apron being constructed at the airfield at Sri Lanka Air Force Unit Batticaloa today.The Civil Aviation Authority in collabora...

SLAF Academy Fire Fighters swiftly responded to a call for assistance made by the Managing Director of Mitsui Cement (Pvt) ltd, China Bay -Trincomalee  as they could not contain the fire which had erupted in a cement store of their company. Fire Fighters of the SLAF Academy helped extinguish the fire which  broke out during the late hours of 1 September 2012 within ...

The men’s and women’s indoor volleyball teams of the Sri Lanka Air Force retained the Defence Services Indoor Volleyball Championship for the third successive time, at the championship held recently.In the women’s finals, SLAF got the better of the SL Navy team in a keenly contested encounter. The final score read 3 sets to 2, in favour of the Airwomen. In the men’s f...

The Prestigious No.1 Flying Training Wing (FTW), the cradle of military aviators, of SLAF Academy China Bay celebrated its 61st formation anniversary on 01 September 2012giving prominence to social, religious and recreational activities.The personnel of the No.1 FTW hosted the children of "Revatha" Orphanage to a memorable day providing them with lunch and gift packs. Subsequ...

The 7th Defence Services Games was ceremonially declared open by the Secretary Defence and Urban Development Mr. Gotabaya Rajapaksa this evening at the Sugathadasa Outdoor Stadium. The sportsmen and women of the Army Navy and Air Force compete for supremacy in twenty nine sporting disciplines, and the event is held annually. This year the event is hosted by the Sri Lanka Army. ...

SLAF Karate Women team won the Championship of the Defence Services Karate 2012 and bagged 05 Gold, 05 Silver and 02 Bronze medals at the Gymnasium of SL Army Panagoda on 29th August 2012. Meanwhile, the Men’s team became the Runners up with 08 Gold, 06 Silver and 11 Bronze medals.  ...