Vying for the best shots on the green felt, the billiard players of Sri Lanka Air Force participated in a keenly contested Inter Unit Billiard Tournament 2010 held at SLAF Station Diyatalawa Billiard Room from 2nd to 3rd December, 2010.The tournament was held in two divisions of Billiard and Snooker, with the Billiard championship being contested under the titles of singles and doubles.C...

Spirited combat in the ring and true sportsmanship highlighted the Sri Lanka Air Force Inter Unit Wrestling Tournament of 2010 which concluded on 3 December, 2010 at SLAF Base Katunayake Indoor Stadium.Battling it out in the ring, the airmen and women displayed their commitment and sporting spirit, with the wrestlers from Katunayake delivering an outstanding performance. Director of Dent...

Uththama Pooja  Medal Awarding CeremonyHonouring those who made the utmost sacrifice in the name of the motherland, the awarding ceremony to present ‘Uththama Pooja’ Commemoration Medals was held at  SLAF Base Hingurakgoda this morning, 3 December, 2010.Families of 1925 soldiers, either killed or missing in action from the areas of Polonnaruwa, Batticaloa and Trincomalee we...

SLAF Regiment troops based at the Trikonamadu, Commanded by Squadron Leader Vajira Senadeera, captured more hidden munitions from the general area of Wellamullawaikkal, Pudukuduirippu.It is suspected that these weapons were kept ready to use against SLAF since the cache comprised of 12.7 mm Ack Ack, 23mm twin barrel Tzu  and 40mm L 70 ammunition  which are all anti air craft gu...

The Pre School of SLAF Station Ekala was declared open by Mrs.Nelun Goonetileke, Chairperson of Seva Vanitha Unit SLAF on 1st December 2010 thus fulfilling a much needed requirement of this station.SLAF Station Ekala which consists more than 2500 servicemen and out of which a majority of live out of camp while some occupy Married Quarters. Those occupying Married quarters have been facin...

The staff and student officers of the course no 04 of Defence Services Command and Staff College, paid a visit to Air Force Headquarters for the address of Chief of Defence Staff and the Commander of the Air force, Air Chief Marshal Roshan Goonetileke.The Director Air Operation, Air Vice Marshal Kolitha Gunathilaka welcomed  the visitors and delivered a presentation about the Air Fo...

The annual concert and the graduation ceremony of the Preschool SLAF Base Katunayaka for 2010 was held on the 29th of November 2010.37 children of Upper Kindergarten, who graduated as preschool leavers, together with 31 students of Lower Kindergarten and 12 students of Play Group displayed an attention-grabbing performance of dances, songs, nursery rhymes, and drama to make the evening u...

The annual concert and the graduation ceremony of the Preschool SLAF Base Ratmalana for  2010 was held on the 25th of November at the S. De S. Jayasinghe Hall, Dehiwala.The concert itself  consisted of many entertainment events such as dances,  songs, nursery rhymes, and drama  presented by the talented children of the preschool, who no doubt created a memorable impre...

Clocking double wins in the pool, SLAF Anuradhapura emerged champions of the Sri Lanka Air Force Inter Unit Swimming and Water Polo championship of 2010.The four day tournament held from 23 November until 26 November, 2010 at the SLAF Base Katunayake saw several teams battle it out in the pool for several coveted titles. Teams from the North Central province dominated the length and brea...

Proving they were the masters of the game, SLAF Unit Colombo emerged as winners of the Air Force Inter Unit Squash Championship at the tournament final worked off at SLAF Ratmalana on Friday, 26 November 2010.Thrashing the contending finalists from Tech Formation SLAF Base Katunayake, the six member team form Colombo performed exceptionally well to clinch the winning title, while th...

The abode of the battle hardened Mi-24 and the courageous team which tamed it, the No. 9 Attack Helicopter Squadron of the Sri Lanka Air Force, celebrated its fifteenth anniversary on Wednesday, 24 November, 2010 at its home Base in Hingurakgoda. Induction of the Mi-24 gunships led to the formation of the No.9 Attack Helicopter Squadron in 1995, a crucial era in the SLAF Air Strategy. Si...

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...