An extravagant exhibition of talents on stage, marked the year end concert of the Sri Lanka Air Force preschool, China Bay on 2 Dec 2011.An ever eager and enthusiastic group of 93 children from the SLAF preschool, China Bay illuminated the event whilst displaying no stage fright at all. A cascade of events including songs, dances, and speeches and nursery rhymes with multi cultural theme...

The annual concert of  Pre School at SLAF Base Anuradhapura held on 01 Dec 11. The chairperson of the SLAF Seva Vanitha Unit, Mrs. Neelika Abeywikrama graced the occasion as the Chief Guest.During the Concert 45 Children of LKG and UKG classes were staged their performance. Gracing the occasion as Chief Guest was Base Commander Air Cdre PDKT Jayasinghe of Sri Lanka Air Force Base An...

Sri Lanka Air Force Academy China bay won the men’s Championship while the SLAF Base Katunayake won the women’s segment at the finals of the Inter Unit Volleyball Championship 2011 held on 02 December 2011 at SLAF Base Katunayake. Mr. Lalith Pium Perera, the Chairman and Director General of the National Youth Services Council of Sri Lanka graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. Chair...

The Passing Out Ceremony of the No 24 Basic Air Borne Course was held at Sri Lanka Air Force Station Ampara with the participation of the Director Ground Operations of the Sri Lanka Air Force, Air Vice Marshal AM De Zoysa on 29th Nov 11 .A total number of 33 Parachute Troopers,which included 29 Airmen and 4 Army Soldiers, who successfully completed the No.24 Basic Airborne Course receive...

The Command Welfare Shop Fund Central Hub completed its 2nd anniversary on 19 Nov 2011.  To mark this occasion pirith chanting was conducted to obtain the blessings of the noble triple gem with the participation of Air Cdre JSI Wijemanne (CWPO), Air Cdre DLS Dias (Base Cmdr SLAF Base RMA), Wg Cdr DRAB Warakanga (CCO) and all ranks and civilians of the CWSF together with many officer...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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’...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...