The Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force, Air Marshal HD Abeywickrama conducted the annual AOC's Inspection of the SLAF Unit Mirigama on 24 August 2012.The Commander was welcomed by the Commanding Officer Wing Commander JMCR Jayasundara and was awarded with a Street Lining of airmen at the Unit premises commanded by Flying Officer HPNJ Karunarathne. The Commander inspected al...

The Inaugural ceremony of the 5th KDU symposium was held at the auditorium of the Kothalawala  Defence University at Ratmalana today (22nd  August 2012). The Secretary to the Ministry of Defence & Urban Development,  Mr. Gotabaya Rajapaksa RWP,  graced the occasion as the Chief Guest.Chief of Defence Staff Air Chief Marshal Roshan Gunathilaka , Commanders of the t...

The President of Seychelles James Michel paid a floral tribute to the war heroes who had made the supreme sacrifice during the thirty year long conflict in Sri Lanka.The President of Seychelles who is on a 3 day official visit to the island made this tribute at the War Heroes Memorial at Battaramulla today (22nd August, 2012)The Deputy Director Ground Operations, Air Commodore MLK Perera...

The finals of the Defence Services Table Tennis tournament, which was held on 21st August, saw the SLAF bagging both the Men’s and Women’s Championships. The prize giving ceremony to award the winners their prizes was held at the Gymnasium of the  Kothalawala Defence University this evening (23rd August 2012).Air Commodore HMSKB Kotagadeniya attended to the occasion as the chief...

The Semi Finals of  "Guwan Prathibha Prabha – 2012" was staged on the 20th of August 2012, at SLAF Base Katunayake. In keeping with a concept of the Chairperson of the Sri Lanka Air Force Seva Vanitha Unit (SVU), Mrs Neelika Abeywickrema, “Guwan Prathiba Prabha” was initiated during the year 2011, to bring out the talents in Singing, Dancing, Acting and Oratory from service pe...

The President of Seychelles James Michel began his three-day official visit with a guard of honour presented by the Sri Lanka Air Force this morning (21August 2012) at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo.On arrival, at the Presidential Secretariate, the President of Seychelles was received by HE the President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksha and th...

SLAF’s ‘Corporate Plan’ for 2012 – 2015 was presented to the Commander of the Air Force Air Marshal Harsha Abeywickrema by the Chairman of the Corporate Plan Committee Air Vice Marshal Ajantha Silva and committee members on 20th August 2012.The new Corporate Plan incorporates well defined and achievable Targets, Objectives and Goals with a realistic action plan, imple...

The Colour awards ceremony 2010-2011 of the Sri Lanka Air Force was held at the Water’s Edge hotel this evening; 17 August, 2012. The Commander of the Air Force Air Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama graced the occasion as the chief guest. The ceremony is a great feature in the SLAF sporting calendar which is held to felicitate and encourage its sportsmen and women who have earned ...

The Sri Lanka Air Force rugerittes defeated the CH & FC team by 15 to 06 on 19th August 2012 at Maitland Crescent, marking their 2nd win in the Diolog Rugby Tournament.Air force scored 15 points with 02 tries, 01 conversion and 01 penalty against  CH & FC 's 06 points.For SLAF LAC Asanka Perera and LAC  Lahiru Udayanga went through the CH & FC defence to...

The Air Force Open 08th Squash Championship held from 11th of August with the participation of 250 participants and concluded successfully today (18th August 2012) at the Sri Lanka Air Force Squash Complex at SLAF Base Ratmalana.Miss.M.Methsarani and Mr Saman Thilakarathna Won the Women’s and Men’s Open Championship respectively after keen contested games. The Commander of the Air Fo...

Sri Lanka Air Force, in coordination with the Disaster Management Centre, deployed a Bell 212 Helicopter to assist in fire fighting in the forest area around the Somawathi Chaithya. The Bell 212 completed six Bambi Bucket runs over the fire, dumping nine hundred liters of water on each run....

A workshop was conducted by the Seva Vanitha Unit, for Singing Semi Finalists of “Guwan Prathibha Prabha – 2012” in order to brush up their Talents. The workshop was held on 14th August 2012 at the Airmen’s Club at SLAF Station Colombo. The workshop was conducted by Mr. Nawarathna Gamage. ...

The Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force, Air Marshal Harsha Abeywickrema, returned to the island today (13th)  after concluding a five day visit to the Russian Federation where he took part in the Russian Air Force’s Centenary celebrations. The SLAF chief was in the Russian Federation from 9 to 13 August on invitation of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Federatio...

SLAF expands its wing further and embarks on a mission of educating School Children on Aviation. The AF Museum today for the first time in history commenced a 3 day workshop on “Aviation Fundamentals for Beginners” at the AF Museum Auditorium at Ratmalana. The Director Aeronautical Engineering, AVM Jayanath Kumarasiri graced the occasion as the Chief Guest and Ratmalana Bas...

A workshop was conducted by the Seva Vanitha Unit, for Dancing Semi Finalists of “Guwan Prathibha Prabha – 2012” in order to brush up their Talents. The workshop was held on 13th August 2012 at the ‘Airmen’s Social Club’ at SLAF Station Colombo. The workshop was conducted by Mr. Chandana Wickramasinghe and his Team....

A workshop was conducted by the Seva Vanitha Unit, for Drama and Oratory Semi Finalists of “Guwan Prathibha Prabha – 2012” in order to brush up their Talents. The workshop was held on 6th August 2012 at the ‘Astra Cinema’ at SLAF Base Katunayake. The workshop was conducted by Mr. Edward Chandrasiri, Mr. Bandula Vithanage and Mr. Senevirathne Rodrigo....

Opening ceremony of the 6th Asia Pacific Military Nursing Exchange was held at the Samudra Ball Room, Taj Samudra Hotel, Colombo on 6th August 2012. Dr. Palitha Maheepala Secretary Ministry of Health Sri Lanka graced the occasion as the Chief Guest.Air Vice Marshal Kolitha Gunathilake  the Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Air Force, Major General Kimberly Siniscalchi Air Force Assist...

SLAF Fire Fighters swiftly responded to a call for assistance received from the general public in Trincomalee area. They helped extinguishing the fire within a short period of time averting a major disaster to other properties in the vicinity. The fire broke out in a Hardware shop in crowded Trincomalee town area during the evening hours of 5th August 2012 and with the assistance of the ...

83 Officers from the 53rd Intake of Officer Cadets’ and 386 Airmen of the 151st Regular Airmen’s Recruit Course passed out from the historical SLAF Academy China Bay during the morning hours of 4th August 2012. Also on this occasion 11 Pilot Officers including one Officer from the 52nd   Intake Officer Cadet Course received their Flying Brevet from the Secretary to the Mini...

No: 9 Flight Kitchen and Culinary Training Course was conducted for SLAF Mess Stewards and Caterers from 9 July 2012 to 31 July 2012 for a period of 3 weeks at the Sri Lankan Catering Services Katunayake. 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. ...

A Bell 212 from SLAF Hingurakkgoda was deployed from around 0730hrs this morning to fight a fire which was raging between Pattipola and Ohiya. The helicopter dropped seven ‘Bambi bucket’ loads of water on the fire helping to control its spread....