Flight safety poster competition was held on 29th May 2012 at No 02 Squadron hangar. Base Commander Katunayake, Air Commodore DLS Dias graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. Distinguished judge panel consists of Air Commodore PDA Marestella, Group Captain SCK Pallewela, Group Captain JP Balasooriya, Group Captain RP Liyanagamage, Group Captain TADR Senanayake selected 25 pos...

SLAF men’s and women’s volleyball teams go out favorites to secure the national titles at the finals of national super league volleyball championship due on 02 June 2012. In the women’s category, SLAF will meet the team from the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment, while in the men’s category; SLAF will meet the Sri Lanka Ports Authority team.Although the both oppone...

Air Women Fire Fighters, part of the Sri Lanka Air Force Fire Service, who took part in notable fire rescue missions during the past years are due to conclude their services in the coming month. The Air Women Fire Fighters are set to retire from service after 15 years of valuable service to the Nation. The Sri Lanka Air Force Fire Service was established in March 03rd, 195...

‘Viru Daru Diri Thilina’ (Grants for Children with Special Needs), another innovative programme conducted by the SLAF Seva Vanitha Unit was held at the Air Force Headquarter’s Auditorium on 28th May 2012 under the patronage of the Commander of the Air Force Air Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama and Chairperson of the SLAF SVU Mrs. Neelika Abeywickrema. A total number of 66 di...

The National Throwball Championship held on 27th May 2012 at Katunayaka  for the year of 2012 was won by Sri Lanka Air Force Netball Team. The most important fact is that the Netball Team won this match even without a training under a Coach. On the request made, the Commander of Air Force authorized and facilitated the Netball Team to represent Air Force at this event....

HE the President Mahinda Rajapaksa handed over the keys to 43 houses built in the Polonnaruwa District under the 9th stage of the “Api Wenuwen Api housing project for war heroes” yesterday (26th May 2012) at the Bakamuna Mahasen Maha Vidyalaya, Elahera. The housing project was constructed under the guidance and close supervision of the Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa...

Sri Lanka Air Force men’s Basketball team emerged Champions by defeating the Sri Lanka Police in the Jaffna District Basketball tournament’s finals. The final scores were 70 (SLAF) to 50 (Police).In this tournament only the SLAF team was the unbeaten team, which was able to beat SL Navy by 81 to 61 and Jaffna District School team by 62 to 30. In the semi finals SLAF defeate...

The Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force Air Marshal HD Abeywickrama conducted AOCs Inspection during the morning hours at SLAF Station Ampara on 24 May 2012.The Commander was welcomed by Commanding officer Group Captain  NNDA Nanayakkara and was accorded a street lining on arrival. Covering all areas of the Station, the Commander inspected Station HQ, Main Guard room,...

The Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force, Air Marshal HD Abeywickrama conducted the annual AOC’s inspection of the SLAF Unit Batticaloa on May 24th, 2012.The Commander was welcomed by the Commanding Officer Wing Commander WMAB Wewegama and was accorded a street lining at the Unit premises. The Commander inspected all areas within the Unit and appreciated the enhanced developm...

A 21day refresher course for instructor refresher course was conducted at Sri Lanka Air Force Diyatalawa on the 21st May 2012 hosting a dinning night. All training staff including officers and instructors of the Training Wing participated in the process   to refresh themselves whole heartedly. The academic staff put their every effort to give their maximum to learn,...

Command Quality Assurance Inspectorate  conducted a workshop on ‘5S Good Housekeeping practice on 11 May 2012 with the view to improve ‘Productivity’ at the Kirawanagama Nawodya Maha Vidyala, Badulla. This was conducted as part of the SLAF’s Social Responsibility  programme.The workshop was conducted on the invitation of the principal of Kirawanagama Nawodya...

A two day training programme on ‘Human Factor in Aircraft Maintenance’ was conducted at the SLAF Museum, Ratmalana by the Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka under the Co-operative Development of Operational Safety and Continuing Airworthiness Programme – South Asia (COSCAP-SA).The objectives of the training programme were To equip SLAF aircraft maintenance engineers ...

The 2012 Inter Unit Karate Championship took place yesterday (23rd May, 2012) at the SLAF Sports Complex, Thummulla.Twelve Teams representing all Air Force Establishments island wide participated in the championship where SLAF Station Ekala became the overall champions while SLAF Station Colombo was the runners up.Group Captain MDJ Wasage Chairman SLAF Karate, Squadron Leader...

SLAF Museum celebrated the International Museum day on 18th May, 2012. Marking this occasion, a series of special educational programs and events were conducted for school children. As part of the program, a special video on history of aviation was also screened at the Museum Auditorium. As well as all school children were offered free admissions to the Museum.The SLAF museum was establi...

Sri Lanka Air Force Station Diyatalawa emerged overall champions with 56 points and was awarded the Air Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama Challenging Trophy in the Annual Road Race 2012 whilst SLAF Station Colombo (Point 29) and SLAF Academy Chinabay (Point 27) secured the second and third places respectively this morning (20th May 2012). Over 300 participants inclusive of Officers...

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...