Air Force News
12:09pm on Wednesday 30th November 2011
The “Mr. He Man” Bodybuilding Championship Year-2011 was held at “Hall De Galle” at Galle on 25th November 2011. SLAF Bodybuilder AC Kumudu Kumara was adjudged Mr. He Man for Year 2011 a title he won in last year (2010) as well. Further, SLAF Bodybuilders achieved the overall championship by winning 5 Gold Medals out of 8 Weight classes. The performance of the SLAF are as follows...
10:18am on Wednesday 30th November 2011
Austasia Indoor Netball tournament was held on 26th and 27th November 2011 at the Austasia Sports Complex, Thalawathugoda. This was the first such event organized by Austasia in partnership with Action Sports (Pvt) Ltd. There were 5 teams for a Division and 7 teams for B Division team to participate in the Tournament. A/W 01301 Lac Nilushika PKS was awarded with the award for...
9:51am on Wednesday 30th November 2011
The Blooming Buds 2011, annual concert of the Preschool of Sri Lanka Air Force Base Katunayake, concluded successfully on the 25th of November 2011 at the Astra Hall.An eye catching evening ignited with a well presented cultural dance where 77 children displayed an attention-grabbing performance of dances, songs, nursery rhymes, speeches and drama made the evening unforgettable.The chair...
12:17pm on Tuesday 29th November 2011
Sri Lanka Air Force Station Ampara celebrated its 22nd Anniversary on 25th November 2011. In view of the formation day a Shramadana campaign was conducted at “Sarana” Lama Niwasaya, Uhana on 23rd November 2011, in the morning with the participation of all ranks which was followed by a lunch for the children.On 24th November 2011, a blood donation campaign was organized at the Station...
8:58am on Tuesday 29th November 2011
The Sri Lanka Air Force Iranamadu held a grand musical show where the famous Special Forces band ‘The Eagles’performed. This ceremony commenced with the traditional lighting of the oil lamp and the observance of one minute silence gave the start to the event.The event was held under the patronage of the Iranamadu Commanding Officer Wg Cmdr MMTC Mannamperi  The Vavuniya Base Comm...
3:28pm on Friday 25th November 2011
Sri Lanka Air Force Base Anuradhapura became the Inter Unit Athletic Champions of 2011 comfortably, scoring 239 points at SLAF Base Katunayaka. SLAF Station Colombo and SLAF Station Diyatalawa secured the 2nd and 3rd places respectively scoring 217 and 193 points.Officer Cadet Koswatta DMC of SLAF Station Diyatalawa and Corporal Dinesha AAD of SLAF Station Colombo won the best athlete’...
11:25am on Friday 25th November 2011
No. 6 Flight Kitchen and Culinary Training Course was conducted for SLAF Mess Stewards and Caterers from 01st November 2011 to 21st November 2011 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...
10:22am on Friday 25th November 2011
The annual concert of the Preschool SLAF Base Ratmalana for 2011 was held on the 22nd of November 2011 at the SDS Jayasinghe Hall Dehiwala. The chairperson of the SLAF Seva Vanitha Unit, Mrs. Neelika Abeywikrama graced the occasion as the Chief Guest.Eighty enthusiastic children from the SLAF Ratmalana pre-school took the stage with confidence through a lineup of a variety of events whic...
10:21am on Friday 25th November 2011
The closing ceremony of 12th National archery championship was held on 19th and 20th November  2011 at the Kettarama Stadium in Colombo. The occasion was graced by  Mrs Ranjani Jayakodi (Director General - Ministry of sports and public recreation in Sri Lanka). The highlight of the championship was the performance of SLAF archers who were able to secure two Gold, one Silver and...
10:20am on Friday 25th November 2011
No 07 Helicopter squadron and No 09 Attack helicopter squadron commemorated their war heroes by holding several religious ceremonies at SLAF Base Hingurakgoda during the last week. In the war era both the flying squadrons lost several of their aircrew in action. Therefore multi religious ceremonies were organized to pay tribute to those valiant heroes who made the supreme sacrifice in li...
9:25am on Wednesday 23rd November 2011
Sri Lanka Air Force won the 14th Annual Charles Robinson Memorial all Island Invitation Seven-A-Side Hockey Tournament for the 4th Consecutive time by beating Sri Lanka Navy by 3 goals to 2. The tournament was held on 20th November 2011 at Police Park Bambalapitiya....
8:19am on Tuesday 22nd November 2011
The Observance of the World Quality Day is an annual public awareness campaign, promulgated by the United Nations in 1990 to raise international awareness of the important role ‘Quality’ plays in ensuring a nations' prosperity; now celebrated annually on the Second Thursday of November.The SLAF actively participated in this programme with the fullest co-operation of all Base Commande...
10:26pm on Monday 21st November 2011
Fire fighters of Sri Lanka Air Force Base  Hingurakgoda extinguished a fire which erupted at a commercial building in the Hingurakgoda town at approximately 1530 hrs on 18 November 2011. This building was an multi-storied shopping complex which is situated in the heart of Hingurakgoda town. The fire initiated in a general warehouse which is situated on an upper floor of the bui...
6:03pm on Saturday 19th November 2011
The Commander of the Air Force Air Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama conducted the Annual Commander’s inspection of the Sri Lanka Air Force Unit, Bandaranaike International Air Port, Katunayake on 18 November 2011. The Commander was welcomed by the Commanding officer SLAF unit BIA, Group Captain Peterson Fernando and a street lining was accorded at the Unit Headquarters. During the course of...
8:46pm on Friday 18th November 2011
The Commander of the Air Force Air Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama  conducted the Annual Commander’s Inspection at the Sri Lanka Air Force Base Katunayake yesterday (17th November 2011).The parade commanded by Base Commander, SLAF Base Katunayake, Air Commodore Ranil Gurusinghe welcomed the Commander to the Base premises. The Sri Lanka Air Force Base Katunayake, the largest Air Force ...
7:30pm on Friday 18th November 2011
Sri Lanka Air Force Unit Katukurunda celebrated their 27th anniversary on the 16th November 2011.SLAF Katukurunda was established in 1943 as the Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Katukurunda (HMS Ukussa) by the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy, under the Command of Capt G.A. (HANK) Rotherham. At the time it was the largest Royal Navy Air Station with a staff of 300 Officers, 3000 Sailors and...
7:29pm on Friday 18th November 2011
The Sri Lanka Air Force Trade Training School Ekala (SLAF TTS Eka) conducted the grand finale of the ‘Annual Language Day’ competition on 15th November 2011 at the TTS auditorium.The concept of a Language Day ignited in 2004 with the English Language Day. However this year this concept was taken one step further by the present Commanding Officer Group Captain Laksiri Gunawardana who ...
7:28pm on Friday 18th November 2011
Sri Lanka Air Force Base Anuradhapura celebrated 29 years as an establishment and 24 years as a Base on 9th November 2011.The Base Commander Air Commodore PDKT Jayasinghe inspected the Base day parade in the morning which initiated the proceedings.In line with the Base day activities an all night pirith chanting was held to commemorate the members who made the supreme sacrifice for their...
8:09pm on Tuesday 15th November 2011
The SLAF marked the National Tree Planting Day, by planting trees at Air Force Headquarters, SLAF Colombo and SLAF Guwanpura at the auspicious time of 0901 hrs this morning. The main event which was held at SLAF Headquarters Colombo was carried out on the direction of the Commander of the Air Force Air Marshal Harsha Abeywicrama and organized by Air Commodore Vijitha Guneratna Commanding...
9:24pm on Wednesday 9th November 2011
The Dental Unit at Sri Lanka Air Force Katunayake conducted a series of events coinciding with International Oral Health Day 2011.The International Dental Federation (FDI) and World Heath Organization (WHO) initiated the first oral health day in 2008 and continued to strengthen the aim of this venture by raising oral health awareness around the world. In order to enhance awareness on ora...
9:23pm on Wednesday 9th November 2011
Ishara Madurangi of the Sri Lanka Air Force became champion in three categories at the All Island Open Table Tennis Tournament which concluded recently at the Jagath Rajapaksha International Table Tennis Complex at Kandy. The tournament which was organized by the Kandy TT Federation attracted over 500 participants.Talented Ishara participated in the single, double and mixed dou...
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