HE the President Mahinda Rajapaksha as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Force paid his respects to all members of the Armed Forces and Police who made the supreme sacrifice in the name of the Nation at the Ranaviru Statue at Parliament grounds on the evening of the 19th of May 2012. The event was organized by the Rana Viru Seva Authority under the auspices of the Ministry of D...

The closing address ceremony of Operation Air Advanced Course 01/2012 and Operator Motor transport Advanced Course 01/2012 was held on 14 May 2012 at TTS Auditorium with the participation of Commanding Officer Group Captain LD Gunawardena and Officer Commanding Training Wg Cdr CJ Hettiarachchi. Gp Capt SCK Pallawela and Gp Capt EAMW Amarakoon graced the occasion as the Chief Guests on be...

A ceremony with a view to commemorate the heroes who sacrificed their precious lives to eliminate our motherland from brutality of LTTE was held on the 10th May 2012 in front of the ‘War Heroes’ Memorial‘ in Badulla. The ceremony was organized by the Governors’ Office of Uva Province. A parade consisted of troops from the tri forces and police paid their respect and the...

NO: 7 Flight Kitchen and Culinary Training Course was conducted for SLAF Gunners from 16th April 2012 to 09th May 2012 for a period of 3 weeks at the Sri Lankan Catering Services. The course was organized by SLAF Unit BIA with the guidance of Air Force Headquarters. The closing ceremony was held under the patronage of Chief Executive officer Mr. Sarath Fernando and the Commanding Officer...

A paper re-cycling project was commenced at SLAF Station Diyatalawa with the intention of fulfilling certain stationery items required by the Station and thereafter to manufacture greeting cards, envelops and files folders by make use of waste papers, card boards etc. This project was commenced at a different location with a novel idea initiated by the Commanding Officer ...

In keeping line with Commanders novel idea of uplifting the leadership abilities and qualities of junior Officers a two day Special Officer Quality Development Course for Junior Officers was conducted at Sri Lanka Air Force Diyatalawa on 3rd and 4th May 2012. First ever course of this kind was completed successfully and the content of the course are Executive Physical Trainin...

The finals of the Defence Service Boxing Championship 2012, was held at the SLAF Katunayake Indoor Stadium on 07th and 08th May 2012. SLAF became Champions with 04 Gold and 04 Silver medals, whilst the Army become, runners up with 04 Gold and 03 Silver medals.Major General Piyal Abeysekara graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. Chairman SLAF Boxing, Air Commodore Lal Perera, Base Comman...

Marking the 2601st Sambudhathva Jayanthi, SLAF Seva Vanitha Unit, in collaboration with SLAF Station Colombo, staged ‘Vesak Bathi Gee Saraniya 2012’, a Vesak Bhakthi Gee Programme, on 6th May 2012 at the ‘Rifle Green’ Sports Grounds, SLAF Station Colombo.Chief of Staff Air Vice Marshal KA Gunatilleke, graced the occasion as the chief guest while Mrs. Neluka Dissanayake and Mrs. K...

Sri Lanka Air Force commemorating "Vesak Poya" day held various religious and traditional activities island wide today (May 5th, 2012), along with the general public of the respective areas.Here are some scenes of the commemorations:SLAF Station ColomboA Vesak Lantern Building and Displaying Content was held at the Rifle Green Grounds in Colombo with the participation of various sectors ...

An eventful day of social, religious and recreational activities marked the celebration of the 35th anniversary of Dental Unit SLAF Base Katunayake. This Dental Unit is a vital formation and a centre to deliver oral health care to the SLAF and continues to render many services since01st May 1977.Coinciding with the Formation day celebrations, under the guidance of Commanding ...

The Commander of the Air Force Air Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama conducted the AOC’s inspection at Sri Lanka Air Force Base Vavuniya on the 04th of May 2012.The Commander was welcomed to the base with a parade commanded by the Base Commander of SLAF Vavuniya Air Commodore Vijitha Gunaratne.The Commander inspected the three lodger formations No 111 UAV Squadron Commanded by Wing Commander...

A “Nenasala” was declared open at SLAF TTS Ekala on 04th May 2012 by the Director Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering Air Vice Marshal RJ Pathirage upon an invitation made by the Commanding Officer Group Captain LD Gunawardena. This “Nenasala” consist of many facilities like Internet, Printing, Scanning, Laminating and Book binding. These facilities are provid...

The Defence Services Volleyball team left for Germany on 04 May 2012 to take part in a series of friendly encounters with German club teams on the invitation of the Asian German Sports Exchange Programme.The team comprises six players from the SLAF, while the Sri Lanka Army and the Navy, both having three players apiece representing the Defence Services team. Corporal Janaka Fe...

A 20-member delegation from the Nigerian National Defence College comprised of senior Officers from the Nigerian Army, Navy and the Air Force and three civilian students, who are currently on their Geo-strategic Study Tour to Sri Lanka, paid a visit to the Sri Lanka Air Force Headquarters yesterday 02 May 2012. The delegation was headed by Commodore Adetokumbo Lateef Akintola, Directing ...

The outgoing Chinese Ambassador, Her Excellency Yang Xiuping, paid a farewell call on the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama, at the Sri Lanka Air Force Headquarters this evening (23 April 2012).  The outgoing Ambassador visited the Commander to express her personal appreciation of the mutually beneficial and cordial relations maintained between the Embassy ...

An 18 member delegation from the National Defence University of Pakistan on a study tour of the Sri Lanka Military establishments paid a visit to the Sri Lanka Air Force Headquarters very recently. The delegation was headed by Brigadier Akhtar Jamil Rao, Directing Staff of AFW College NDU. The delegation comprised of two other Directing Staff, Nine Officers of the Pakistan Army and Navy,...

The closing address ceremony of No 145 & 147 Intakes General Mechanics Basic Trade Training Course was held on 20.04.2012 at TTS Auditorium with the participation of Commanding Officer Group Captain LD Gunawardena and Officer Commanding Training Wing Commander CJ Hettiarachchi. Sqn Ldr R Perera SO GE II graced the occasion as the Chief Guest on behalf of the Director General Engineer...

The closing address ceremony of Fire Fighter Advanced Trade Training Course was held on 18 April 2012 at TTS Auditorium with the participation of Commanding Officer Group Captain LD Gunawardena and Officer Commanding Training Wing Commander CJ Hettiarachchi. Group Captain PMCP Dias, The Chief Fire Officer graced the occasion as the Chief Guest on behalf of the Director Air Operations.The...

The Agro project at SLAF Diaythalawa emerged as the first at  the ‘Home Gardening and Landscaping contest in the category of “Government Establishments” organized by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Environment and Tourism of the Uva Provincial Council. The award was presented by  the Governor of the Uva Province Hon. Nanda Mathew at the “Vasantha Udanaya 2012”...

A poster competition was held at the SLAF Base Katunayake to highlight the importance of saving electricity. Hundreds of posters were displayed in front of the “Astra Cinema” for all to view and admire. Of these the best three were selected by the panel. The winner of the best poster was Squadron Leader Amarasinha whilst Cpl Thilaka and Mr: Iresha Priyadharashana were adjudged to hav...

A peddle boats service and new jogging track for the use of personnel of the base was declared open recently with the view of expanding the recreational facility available at the Base.Two fiber glassed pedal boats were introduced to the lake which is located close to the No 4 barrier guard room whilst the new jogging track runs along the perimeter of the lake.  ...