Honorary Consul for Sri Lanka in Hawaii, Ms Kusuma Cooray, paid a courtesy call on the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama at the Sri Lanka Air Force Headquarters yesterday; 27 June 2011.After a discussion on matters of mutual interest, the Commander presented a souvenir to the Consul to mark her visit to the Sri Lanka Air Force Headquarters....

Sri Lanka Air Force shooters displayed excellent capabilities with the hand and shot guns in their hand at the “Sharp Shooters Hand gun/ Shot gun Championship at the Hill Country Sports Shooting Club 2011 conducted from 23 Jun to 26 Jun 2011at the Hantana Range Complex.During the championship SLAF male and female shooters displayed talents are as follows.Open Division Overall  - T...

For the first time in the history of Sri Lanka a special dental clinic and awareness programme on oral health for the Maha Sanga was organized and conducted by the Sri Lanka Air Force under the blessings of the Mahanayakes’ of the Asgiri and Malwatta chapters, and under the guidance of the Hon. Pradeep Nilanga Dela Bandara, Diyawadana Nilame and Air Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama, Command...

Amidst  strong winds, a  Bell 212 helicopter from No. 07 Squadron of SLAF Base at Hingurakgoda successfully  controlled  a major forest fire which erupted in Knuckles range, welangala, about 07Km from Hasalaka  North west, this afternoon(27thJune 2011) .Using water from an adjacent Tank using “bambi buckets”, the helicopter crew succeeded in controlling the r...

The “Guvan Viru Pranama” scholarship awards ceremony organized by the Seva Vanitha Unit of the Sri Lanka Air Force in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Air Force Base Ratmalana was conducted on 25th June 2011 under the patronage of the Chairperson of the Seva Vanitha Unit Mrs. Neelika Abeywickrama. The Janashakthi Insurance PLC sponsored the program for the third consecutive year and ...

Sri Lankan Air Force Fighters fought valiantly to extinguish the fire which engulfed the Kerawalapitiya Shobers and Walkers Rubber Storage Facility on 21st June 2011.Although the Colombo Fire Brigade and other fire fighting units had been called in to quell the fire, it was the Air Force Fire Fighters who finally shouldered the responsibility of completely dousing the fire. The SLAF Fire...

The Sri Lanka Air Force rugerittes defeated the army team comprehensively on 24th June 2011 at Havelock Park, marking their 2nd win in the Caltex Rugby Tournament. SLAF went through the Army defence line nine times at jet speed, making the winning margin broader - 53 to 11 points at the end of full time. Good ball handling, co-ordination and efforts of the airmen led to a first half scor...

The Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama, conducted the AOCs Inspection at SLAF Unit Sigiriya this morning (24th June 2011).The Commander, upon arrival for the inspection, was received into the Unit by the Commanding Officer, Wing Commander Chaminda Silva, through a street lining of airmen commanded by Flying Officer Deepal Rathnapala.During the inspection, the Com...

The pre-school 'Ilan Kadirawan (young sun)' at 'Kepapilawu' which had been destroyed during the conflict  was reconstructed, re-furbished and handed over to the young flowers on 21st June 2011 by the Commanding Officer of SLAF Mullativu, Wing Commander Sulochana Marapperuma. Further stationery and equipment required were also given to the children as part of the efforts on the part ...

A thrilling encounter between SLAF Ekela and SLAF Regiment Katunayake terminated the inter unit rugby championship of the Sri Lanka Air Force which saw 18 teams from the different bases and stations of the SLAF competing for the title. The long fight ended with the crowning of SLAF Station Ekala as the Inter Unit Rugby Champions on 21st June 2011 at sports grounds of SLAF Base ...

The Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama declared re-opened the newly refurbished ward No. 3 of the Mulleriyawa Mental Hospital on 21st June 2011.This female Ward has been maintained by the SLAF since 1985 with the SLAF Seva Vanitha Unit complementing the maintenance effort by launching various donation and entertainment activities periodically for the welfare...

The passing out ceremony of the 46th Non Commissioned Officers Management Course was held at the NCOs’ Management School auditorium in the Sri Lanka Air Force Academy China Bay on 20th June 2011.   The comprehensive course which is accredited to the University of Rajarata was successfully completed this year by a batch comprising of 42 Senior Non Commissioned Officers, ...

The Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama, conducted the AOCs Inspection of SLAF Special Operations Group on 18th June 2011.The Commander, upon arrival for the inspection, was received into the camp premises by the Group Commander, Wing Commander Deepthi Ravihansa, through a street lining of airmen commanded by Flying Officer Gihan Thusith. A Senior Non-commissioned...

The Commander of the Air Force Air Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama conducted the Annual Inspection of SLAF Academy China Bay on 18th June 2011.  The Commander reviewed a parade commanded by the Commandant of SLAF Academy China Bay Air Vice Marshal Kapila Jayampathy. Further Group Captain Prasanna Ranasinghe, Wing Commander CJ Batagoda and PSN Fernando commanded the three wings respectiv...

Sri Lanka Air Force Unit BIA, under the patronage of the Commanding Officer, Group captain WWPD Fernando celebrated ‘Poson’ with the participation of all service personnel and their families.                                 &n...

Sri Lanka Air Force Unit Batticaloa, under the patronage of the Commanding Officer, Wing Commander Ajith Wawegama celebrated the ‘Poson full moon’ with the participation of all service personnel and the civilians in the close vicinity.Celebrations commenced in the evening with a Pirith chanting ceremony within the camp premises, under the auspices of Venerable ‘Anpitiya Sumanananda...

Sri Lanka Air Force Station Colombo in collaboration with the Army, Police, Colombo Municipal Council,  the area Health officer Ms Abans ltd along with the assistance of the people launched a dengue prevention campaign in the Slave Island area on the morning of 11th June 2011.The main focus areas were Stuart Street, Mosque Street and Sinhala Maha Vidyalaya where large numbers of peo...

The newly built central hub for the Command Welfare Shop Fund (CWSF) was declared open today (14th June 2011) by the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama at SLAF Base Ratmalana.This Colombo based Central hub was shifted to Ratmalana due to the lack of space to store an adequate stock of goods. At present two new pre- fabricated buildings have been erected  to ...

The Commander of the Air Force Air Marshal Harsha Abeywickrema reviewed the parade which was commanded by the Base Commander Gp Capt Udeni Rajapakse.During the inspection tour of the base the Commander ceremonially opened the Skymart – the Hingurakkgoda branch of the Command Welfare Shop which the Base Commander claims if the best within a 30 miles radius. The Commander also declared o...

The last batch of Ex-LTTE cadres who were rehabilitated at the Sri Lanka Air Force Trikonamadu Rehabilitation Centre was handed over to the Protective Accommodation and Rehabilitation Centre at Nelumkulama, Vavuniya on 10th June 2011.  The 553 members of this batch were given vocational training in the following areas which would hold them in good stead in the future.   &n...

A total of 208 recruits from the 148th ‘B’ Regular Course of Airmen passed out on 10th June 2011at SLAF station Ampara after completing 17 weeks of challenging training. The training focused on drill, weapon training, tactics, fieldcraft, map reading, fire fighting, explosive handling, Humanitarian Law, Air Force Law and Combat First Aid.The Parade was commanded by Squadron Leader WK...