Joint Military Exercise ‘Cormorant Strike’ commenced on 21st November 2010. This incidentally is the first such exercise since the conclusion of the North Eastern conflict. The exercise will be continued till 29th November 2010 in the general area of Mannar.In the 09 days exercise, the SLAF will deploy Bell 212 utility, MI 17 transport and MI 24 attacked helicopters in their dedicate...

Sri Lanka Air force Special Operations Group Vanni and SLAF Station Diyatalawa won the mens and womens Championships at the inter unit volleyball tournament held from 08th to 19th November at the SLAF Base Katunayaka. In the mens tournament, SLAF Academy Chinabay beat SLAF Base Ratmalana Tech Formation (16/25 - 25/22 - 25/16 - 25/20) whilst in the second semi finals Special Operatio...

The Sri Lanka Air Force Dental Directorate initiated a comprehensive programme for the general public to celebrate World Oral Health Day 2010.Established by FDI (Federation of Dental Internationale) in 1994, the International year of Oral Health, the World Oral Health Day is celebrated annually on 31 October, 2010. The aim behind this initiative is to provide an occasion to promote and p...

Intelligence operatives of SLAF Trikonamadu recovered a substantial hoard of weaponry in the general area of Welleimulliwaikkal, Pudukuduirrippu on Tuesday 16 November, 2010. The discovery was made on information given by former LTTE cadres at Trikonamadu Rehabilitation Centre. Following the tip off, a team led byOfficer in Charge of Intelligence, Pilot Officer PSDD Rupasinghe, was ...

Commemorating the supreme sacrifice made by the war heroes of the No. 7 and No. 9 helicopter squadrons, several religious ceremonies took place at SLAF Base Hingurakgoda during the past two weeks. Both the No. 7 transport helicopter squadron and No. 9 attack helicopter squadrons  lost several of their flying crews in action and the commemoration was a fitting tribute to these valia...

The Command Welfare Shop celebrated its 01st anniversary today with the with a pirith chanting (19th November 2010) ceremoney at ‘Guwanpura’, SLAF Colombo.This concept was initiated by the Commander of The Air Force and will be operated through three main hubs in order to uplift the welfare facilities of the service and civil personnel. Consumer commodities are gathered across the Is...

The SLAF emerged triumphant at the 50th National Judo Championship, emerging champions in the women’s category and runners up in men’s, held on 12,-14th November, 2010, at the Sri Lanka Judo Association Stadium in Colombo.Chief Guest at the event was Japanese Ambassador Mr. Kumio Thkahashe.Twenty judo societies from around the Island took part in the competition which saw 200 m...

Sri Lanka Air Force Unit Katukurunda celebrated its 26th Anniversary on 16th Nov 2010 in after its re-establishment as an Air Field Unit 1984.Having first established as a Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) in 1943 under the command of Captain GA (Hank) Rotherham, this station played an important role during World War II. However later on it grew to be the largest Royal Naval Air Station hou...

Displaying talent in song, music and dance, the pre-school children of SLAF Colombo showed their skills in delightful performance at their annual concert today(12 November) at the Defence Services School auditorium.Director Welfare Air Vice Marshal WA Silva graced  the occasion as Chief Guest.Director Civil Engineering Wg Cdr LRJ De Silva,Commanding Officer SLAF Station Colombo Air ...

Under the direction of the Commander of the Air Force, the SLAF commenced the island wide tree planting campaign at the auspicious time of 10.07 this morning.The main event was in Ekala, where Hon. Minister of Economic Development Mr.Basil Rajapaksa  MP planted a ‘Na’ sapling on the premises of the Trade Training School at Sri Lanka Air Force Station Ekala.Three thousand sapling...

Ranaviru Real Star, the latest reality TV sensation in the island, which gives armed forces personnel a claim to fame on the musical stage, has reached the gates of Sri Lanka Air Force.A massive 531 competitors were referred to the SLAF Station Ekala on 6 October 2010 where famous singer Rajeev Sebastian gave a brief introduction of presenting talent on stage.During the following week fr...

The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) official website, www.airforce.lk was awarded two certificates of achievement in the Best Web Competition 2010. The awards were received yesterday (12th November 2010) at a ceremony held at the Galle Face Hotel. The competition was held from the 23rd September 2010 to 20th October 2010 in four voting stages placing the SLAF Sinhala web site among the t...

Sri Lanka Air Force personnel based at Rehabilitation Center, Trikonamadu celebrated the Deepavali (Festival of lights) with over 1,500 personnel.On the 01st of April 2010, the rehabilitation center was opened in order to re- integrate young people into society by providing them with professional knowledge.All the Air Force personnel and civilians got together in the morning of 05th Nove...

Sri Lanka Air Force karatekas’ emerged overall Champions of the Senior National Karate Tournament yesterday (11th November 2010) at the Albert F. Pieris Indoor stadium at Wennappuwa. The tournament was held on 10th and 11th November 2010 where over 2000 competitors from 30 Karate societies  participated to compete under mens and womens categories. During the tournament ...

Sri Lanka Air Force conducted  recce missions to support on going relief operations by assesing damage and also seeking out areas and people who needed assistance most. Neglecting the prevailing weather conditions, a Bell 212 helicopter was air borne from SLAF Base Katunayaka to perform the recce mission for the damage assessment and flood relief.The Heli flew low over the gene...

Sri Lanka Air Force Base Anuradhapura celebrated its 28th Formation Day on 09th November 2010.Located 4 km from the historical and strategic town of Anuradhapura, SLAF Base Anuradhapura was the hub of all activity during the extensive conduct of Air Operations of the now concluded Humanitarian Operations and the previous Elam wars.Comemoration included sports activity and an all Ranks lu...

The SLAF Museum plans to fly two of the oldest aircraft in their fleet this Saturday (November  06th, 2010) in an Air Demonstration taking place at the Rathmalana Air Base at 10AM (1000Hrs).The De Havilland Tiger Moth and the Chipmunk TMK are two flying legends which have been fully restored to flying condition by a dedicated team of SLAF engineers and technicians. The Tiger Moth ai...

An eventful day of community service marked the celebration of the 01st anniversary of the Sri Lanka Air Force Museum Ratmalana today  (05 November 2010).The Museum which was originally set up as the Aicraft Preservation & Storage Unit (AP&SU) in 1993 has been restructured as the Sri Lanka Air Force Museum. It is the only museum dedicated to aviation and the history of Sri L...

Squadron Leader Samantha Weerasekera of SLAF has been appointed as Deputy Chef de Mission of the Sri Lankan contingent for the upcoming 16th Asian Games which will kick-off next week in Guangzhou, China.The appointment confirmed by the Ministry of Sports and National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka will see Squadron Leader Weerasekera joining  the team from the island for the c...

Heralding a new era in the now peaceful terrains of Kilinochchi, the Sri Lanka Air Force Seva Vanitha Unit handed over a newly constructed pre-school at Ramanathanpuram to the general public yesterday morning on 4 November 2010.SLAF SVU Chairperson Mrs. Nelun Goonetileke, whose dedicated patronage made the project a reality, graced this joyous occasion as Chief Guest. The venture also re...

SLAF Regiment troops based at the Trikonamadu, Commanded by Squadron Leader Vajira Senadeera, captured more hidden weapons from the general area of Welleimulliwaikkal.The recoveries were possible after SLAF Intelligence personnel obtained the assistance of rehabilitated ex LTTE cadres.The team with Squadron Leader KANI Kumarasinghe and Pilot Officer PSDD Rupasinghe conducted the clearanc...