Sri Lanka Air Force Badminton Champion Niluka Karunaratne who is the No. 1 ranked player in Sri Lanka, did a clean sweep of the titles at the North Central Province Open Championships held in Anuradhapura from the 21-23 of October 2010. This tournament was authorized by the Sri Lanka Badminton Association as a Ranking tournament. Niluka Karunaratne has proven his dominance in the B...

An eventful day of community service and recreation marked the celebration of the 26th anniversary of Sri Lanka Air Force Unit Koggala on 19 October 2010.A parade held at the camp premises kicked off the anniversary celebrations last Tuesday under the inspection of Commanding Officer SLAF Unit Koggala, Wing Commander Channa Dissanayake. This was followed by a spirited cricket match which...

A competition in line with the World Standards Day was organized by the Command Quality Assurance Inspectorate (CQAI), organized a competition on 13th October 2010 to existing Quality Circles in the Sri Lanka Air Force.All Quality Circles (QC) who had completed their respective proceedings during the period of January – June 2010 were eligible to contest the forum. The event which was ...

Corporal Hewagamage TND and Leading Air Craftswoman Ranasinghe KHN of Sri Lanka Air Force rewrote history by becoming the first women in South Asia to successfully complete Night Skydiving on 19 October 2010.The two parachutists displayed their skills in on Tuesday night at SLAF Station Amapara. Both women completed the dives as part of the 5th Basic Sky Diving Course. This batch consist...

Corporal Pubudu Ekanayaka and Corporal Asanka Pradeep of Sri Lanka Air Force won the Bronze Medal at the Xianning Open Asian Beach Volleyball Championships held last week from 14 to 17 October in China.Organized by the Asian Beach Volleyball Confederation, the tournament saw the participation of almost all beach volleyball playing nations from the continent vying for the top spot.F...

Sri Lanka Air Force Under 25 Men’s teams defeated Navy 3 sets to 1 emerging champions in the Rupavahini Trophy All Island Volley Ball Tournament finals on 17 October 2010 at National Youth Services Council Courts, Maharagama. Top 80 teams from all parts of the island took part in the tournament which saw the teams from SLAF, Army, Navy and National Youth Services being selected fo...

The word ‘cadet’ is in the minds of many Sri Lankans, synonymous with school boys and girls who aspire to join the forces. Traditionally, the perception was to consider all cadets as under one training programme. A little known fact however, is that since three years ago, the National Cadet Corps placed a significant step towards the future in recognizing the need for specialized tra...

Sri Lanka Armed Forces team bagged seven Bronze medals,being placed in seven out of the ten events participated at the 53rd World Military Boxing Championship 2010.The team which consisted of Air Force, Army and Navy competed at the Championship which was held from 08 to 17 October 2010 at the Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, USA.From the 10 boxers who competed in the tou...

A delegation of National Cadet Corps (NCC) from SAARC countries visited Air Force Head Quarters during their annual visit to Sri Lanka on Monday, 18 October 2010. The delegation headed by Chief Advisor of Nepal NCC, Brigadier General Yem Bahdur Thapa consisted of 28 members from Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan.     Chief  of Staff of Sri Lanka Air Force Air Vice...

Sri Lanka Air Force Station Diyatalawa celebrated its 58th Formation Day on 15th October 2010.Following the formal events held to mark the occasion, several environmental friendly cleaning programs were organized by the Station. The Formation Day celebrations began with a Working Parade held on the morning of 15 October under the review of the Commanding Officer, Group Captain PLJ Kodipp...

Celebrating the beauty of literature and communication, Sri Lanka Air Force held its English Language Day 2010 at SLAF Station Ekala on 13th October 2010.  The English Language Day is yet another means whose main aim is to enhance the knowledge of English language amongst SLAF personnel and to motivate them to appreciate its many uses. In the 21st century English plays a v...

Sri Lanka Air Force Base Katunayaka Tech Formation (men) and SLAF Colombo (women) emerged champions in the Inter Unit Basket ball championship 2010.The Tournament held from 06th to 12th October 2010 at the SLAF Ekala.In the mens event, Tech Formation  defeated  SLAF Colombo  (69 – 59 points) whilst Colombo women defeated the BIA  (25 – 21 points) to become  c...

Sri Lanka Air Force Hockey team clinched the Dialog- Wijaya All Island 09 A side Hockey Championship 0n 09th October 2010 at the Nandimithra Ekanayaka International Hockey ground at Matale.  22 leading teams around the island took part in the tournament. In the semi finals SLAF defeated the army team whilst Navy defeated the Police team to enter the finals.During the final enco...

The Chief of Defence Staff and the Commander of the Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Roshan Goonetileke conducted the annual Air Force Commander’s Inspection at SLAF Bandaranaike International Airport unit on 08th October 2010.  The Commander was received and welcomed by the Commanding Officer Group Captain Peterson Fernando into the camp premises through a street lining of airmen. Th...

The Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Air Force Air Chief Marshal Roshan Goonetileke conducted the Annual Commanders Inspection of SLAF Base Katunayaka on 07th and 08th October 2010.A parade commanded by Base Commander, SLAF Base Katunayaka, Air Commodore Ranil Gurusinghe welcomed the Commander to the Base premises. The inspection of this Base is conducted over a period of two ...

Sri Lanka Air Force grounds troops based at Trikonamadu area recovered a haul of concealed suicide jackets, weapons, ammunition and explosive from Thoppigala.Recoveries are as follows                                               ...

Sri Lanka Armed Forces combined Boxing team will leave f or USA on 07 October to participate in the 53rd World Military Boxing Championship 2010. The Championship will be held from 08th to 17th October at the Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, USA.The Lankan team will be faced off against competitors from 15 countries including United States of America, India, Kazakas...

04 members from SLAF Women’s Cricket  team will participate in the ICC Women’s Challenge Tournament that will take place in South Africa.The tournament which will be worked  off in Potchefstroom, South Africa from 05th to 17th October, 2010 will be the first of its kind and will be jointly hosted with Cricket South Africa.Women’s teams ranked between fifth and 10th i...

Bringing the 6th Defence Services Games to an exciting close, Sri Lanka Air Force and Sri Lanka Navy emerged joint champions of 2010 at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium yesterday evening.Clinching a dozen Gold medals each, both winning teams took home several awards at presentation of awards at the closing ceremony of the Games. Sri Lanka Air Force took 12 Gold, 12 Silver and 6 Bronze with...

Today (30th September 2010) the Chief of Defence Staff and the Commander of the Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Roshan Goonetileke  donated a newly built house with furniture and  house hold equipment  to the wife of Corporal Fernando HPND (22824), Mrs. MDD Kumari and her daughter, under the "Anula Fernando Housing Project" launched by Seva Vanitha Unit of  the Sri...

A new batch of ‘Rope Rescue’ trained SLAF personnel  passed out yesterday (28th September 2010) after a practical session carried out on the sea close to the Browns Beach Hotel in, Negambo. The practical session was carried out in collaboration with the No. 04 Helicopter Squadron.A team consisting of forty two  selected Fire fighters, Gunners and Air Gunners were given a 22...