Sri Lanka Air Force men’s Volleyball team beat the police volleyball team by 25/18, 25/17 to qualify to the Super Six, this morning (24) at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium.The top 12 volley ball teams in the island will compete to become thechampions of the National Super League Tournament 2010 from 24thFebruary to 02nd March 2010 at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium....

Seven members of the SLAF will depart to India under the National flag to compete in a Judo tournament and participate in a training camp.Tomorrow (20 Feb 2010) the National team will leave the country to compete in the Rajiv Ghandhi International Judo Championship 2010 from 21st to 24th of this month. Soon after that they will be directed to participate in a 04 day training camp, which ...

Airmen Suresh Pattarachchi qualified to compete in the Common Wealth Boxing meet in India under the 56kg category after defeating Samatanayake of Slimline by 7-4 points.Six Airmen were selected for the selection test which was conducted at the Royal College Indoor Stadium on 16, 17, & 18 February.Sri Lankan Boxers are ready to compete in 7 weight categories at the Common Wealth Games...

The Commander of the Air Force Roshan Goonetileke visited SLAF Unit Iranamadu to review the progress of construction and development of the unit and also to de-mining to support re settlement....

The Commander of the Air Force Air Chief Marshal Roshan Goonetileke was accorded a Guard of Honour during the Annual Commanders Inspection at SLAF Station Palaly this morning (18 February 2010).The Station Commanding Officer Group Captain Nishen Abeysinghe received the Commander on his arrival and a Guard of Honour was conferred by Flight Lieutenant Kanishka Jayasekara.SLAF Station Palal...

Three Airmen have helped to maintain the SLAF ensign at the dizzying heights it has been fluttering in since of late, in the National sporting arena. Leading Aircraftsmen Raheem, right half, Lankeshwara Bandara, centre defence, and Shanmugarajah Sanjeewa, centre forward are an integral part of the Sri Lanka Soccer team that is playing in the "AFC Challenge Cup" from 14th to 27th at the S...

The Defence Attache  of the France, Commander  Pascal Carre paid a visit to Air Force Head Quarters this morning(16 Feb 2010) and met with Acting Chief of Defence Staff and the Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force Air Chief Marshal Roshan Goonetileke.A official plaque was presented to the visitor at this occasion....

The Culinary Arts Exhibition 2010, the largest of its kind to be held in Sri Lanka was held recently at the BMICH.    The event was organized by the Chefs Guild of Sri Lanka in collaboration with the World Association of Chefs Society where several participants from various institutions competed in displaying their excellence in the field of Culinary Arts. In this event Sr...

A total of 409 recruits from the 143rd Regular intake & 101st Volunteer intake passed out this morning (12) at Sri Lanka Air Force Base Hingurakgoda after completing 18 weeks of training..Their training focused on Drill, Weapon Training, Military Tactics, Field Craft, Map Reading, Air Force Organization & Administration, Fire Fighting, Explosive Handling, Humanitarian Law, Air Fo...

A new batch of one hundred and eighty young ones of Officers and other ranks of the Armed Forces and Police commenced their journey in to the world of learning when they were admitted to the Defence Services College in Slave Island this morning (09th Feb 2010).Chief of Defence Staff and the Commander of the Air Force Air Chief Marshall WDRMJ Goonetileke graced the occasion as the Chief G...

SLAF sportsmen and women were at the helm of many Sri Lankan victories at the 11th SAF Games concluded in Dhaka. Forty two SLAF personnel being a part of the Sri Lanka contingent was incidentally a record for SLAF participation in a National contingent.Airwomen Chandrika Subashini Rasanayake was outstanding with two golds in the 200m and 400 m sprints on the track, whilst Premila Pr...

SLAF Katunayake considered as the largest air base on the island under the direction of its present base commander Air Commodore Ranil Gurusinghe, organised several community welfare projects coinciding with the 62nd Independents Day of Sri Lanka.During the past week various formations of the Katunayake base carried out several welfare projects such as shramadana with in hospitals, ...

“Deyata Kirula “Cycle Race 2010 was held during 02nd , 03rd  & 04th February under 03 stages.02 February 2010     1st Stage    Tangalle to Kalutara        158Km03 February 2010    2nd Stage    Kalutara to Kegalle          179Km04 February 2010&...

Air women Corporal Pradeepika and Corporal Ramani contributed to win silver medal at the 50 M air shooting while air women Corporal Wijerathna member of 25 M air pistol team which won another silver medal.  Captain of the Sri Lanka Volleyball team Corporal Tharnka Abeykoon and the “setter” of the team Corporal Nalin Sampath contributed immensely to win the Bronze medals at the m...

The SLAF Weight Lifters and Judokas who performed excellently, representing Sri Lanka at the ongoing 11th SAF Games returned to the island last afternoon (04 February 2010). On their arrival at the Bandaranayaka International Airport they were warmly received Members of executive sports council Group Captain Harsha Fernando , Group captain Roshan Biyanwila , Group Captain Prasanna  ...

Three more silver medals were won by SLAF athletes at the end of events last evening (02 February 2010) at the ongoing 2010 SAF Games held in Dhakar, Bangladesh. Airman Sampath Manjula Wijeratna also the national champ in the over 105 Kg weight lifting category secured 2nd place whilst wining a silver medal 11th SAF games. He lifted a total of 298 Kgs in this event.Competing in the Judo ...

SLAF Sportsmen secured two more medals for Sri Lanka in the weight lifting events at the ongoing 2010 SAF Games held in Dhakar, Bangladesh.Participating in the weight lifiting event, Lac Samarasekara RMRR secured the 2nd place and the the silver medal for the under 85kg weight lifting class.Airman Ransilu Jayathilaka competing in the under 94kg weight lifting class secured 3rd place...

Airman Kamal Bandara of the Sri Lanka Air Force won the gold medal in the under 56Kg weight lifting event at the 11th SAF Games held in Dhakar, Bangladesh.  It is the first gold medal secured by Sri Lanka at the games. Sri Lanka Air Force congratulates him on his accomplishment....

Defence Services Netball champion, Sri Lanka Air Force Netball team departed this morning (27 Jan 10) for a Sri Lanka Malaysia friendship games Netball series in Malaysia.Sri Lanka Air Force netball team will play against "Feaolan Sukun Bandar Sports School at Fenawar" from 27th January to 31st January 2010.     Air Commodore AD Gamachari      &nbs...

The Sri Lanka Air Force was awarded a certificate and award of ‘Health Services Excellence’ by the Directorate of IDP Healthcare coming under the Ministry of  Healthcare and Nutrition, Sri Lanka in appreciation of the dedicated health care provided for the internally displaced persons based at the Manikfarm, Cheddikulam and Vauniya IDP Camps. The internally displaced person...

A total of 356 recruits from the 142th Regular and 100th Volunteer Course passed this morning (22 January 2010) at SLAF Base China bay after completing 18 weeks of challenging training. The training focused on drill, weapon training, tactics, field craft, map reading, fire fighting, explosive handling, Humanitarian Law, Air Force Law and Combat First Aid.The Parade was commanded by Wing ...