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...

SLAF Athletes Corporal Manjula Kumara and Airwoman Chandrika Rasnayake made their mark on the 36th National Sports Festival by becoming the best athletes in the men’s and women’s categories respectively.Corporal Manjula Kumara was named as the best athlete in the field events for his record breaking performance in the men’s high jump event. The Asian Championships gold medalist sha...

Sri Lanka Air Force Station Palavi celebrated its 03rd Formation Day on 01st  November 2010.Established by the RAF and Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy during  World War II, the airfield at Palavi is situated close to the city of Puttalam in the Western Province .The present SLAF Station was established in 2000 to reactivate the airfield and establishment of No 05 Air Defence Ra...

The General Convocation of the 24th intake of Officers of The General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU)  were awarded degrees at the convocation held at BMICH on 28th October 2010. H.E. President Mahinda Rajapakse  the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces was the Chief Guest while  the Chancellor of the Kotalawala Defence University Lt.Gen Dennis Perera was al...

The Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Air Force Air Chief Marshal Roshan Goonetileke was accorded a Guard of Honour during the first stage of the Annual Commander’s Inspection of Sri Lanka Air Force Station, Colombo today, 28th October 2010. The Guard of Honour was commanded by Flight Lieutenant K.A Kumara.Sri Lanka Air Force Colombo provides administrative and logistical sup...

Sri Lanka Air Force Base Vavuniya celebrated its 32nd Formation Day on 27th October 2010.The Formation Day celebrations began with a Working Parade held at the Base premises today 27th Oct 10. The parade was inspected by Base Commander SLAF Base Vavuniya, Air Commodore Rohintha Fernando.In addition, the Base personnel at Vavuniya  engaged in cleaning the public cemetery at Vavuniya ...

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...