A major fire took place in the early hour of today (08 September 2009) at the jungles of Manthivu Island (approximately ½ Km away from SLAF Batticaloa) in which a leprosy hospital and few other buildings are are also situated. However, troops from Sri Lanka Air Force Batticaloa reacted within a short period of time and managed to evacuate 13 personnel (patients and staff) who may have s...

The SLAF soccerites had a great start to the Dialog Champions League with a remarkable 6-nil victory over Jupiters Sports Club- Negombo. At half time the Airmen led as the scores read 2-nil. The match which was played at the City Football League ground was a one sided game as the SLAF took charge of the entire game from the start itself.T. Damith Dissanayke and W.A. Sampath opened t...

Air Force Head Quarters wishes to inform that, all absentees (only Airmen/ Airwoman) from the service on or before 31 May 2009 shall be legally discharged from the service, once all administrative procedures are carried out and they shall be informed in writing regarding their discharge upon the completion of the said procedures. Further if their mailing addresses have been changed,...

Sri Lanka air Force emerged triumphant at the recently concluded western Province Provincial Productivity Awards 2008, claiming a grand victory of first place in the inter Department Category.The significance of winning this award is that the Air Force was able to maintain such high standards of productivity in its day to day affairs whilst catering to the operational requirements of the...

The NCO Management School, located at SLAF Base China Bay, established with the sole intention of providing a sound academic knowledge to the Non Commissioned Officers of the SLAF, held its 39th batch passing out ceremony this morning (03 September 2009). This course which has a duration of approximately 3 months, mainly focuses on sharpening the leadership and management skill of its tr...

A total of 394 recruits from the 137th Regular and 95nd Volunteer Course passed out today (03 September 2009) at SLAF Base Hingurakgoda after completing 17 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. In addition to this 18 Air Gunn...

The internally displaced personnel at Chettikulam were visited by a proffesional team of SLAF Medical/Dental officers and Psychologist recently. The SLAF team was also joined by a group of civilian Specialists, trainee clinical Psychologists, Optometrists and Audiologists in view of successfully achieving greater results. The team commenced their program at zone II and III of the sa...

The INTER UNIT DRILL COMPETITION - 2009 a yet another exiting feature in the SLAF annual calendar, was held during the past week and the finals were worked out today (01 September 2009) at the SLAF Base Katunayaka parade square.All SLAF stations located around the country competed in this event in which SLAF Base Katunayaka, SLAF Batticalo, Special Operations Group Trincomalee were...

The first UN Logistic Officer’s Course (a 12 day course)was recently conducted by the United Nations Peace Keeping School, Kukuleganga. The course was spearheaded by US Pacific Command based in Hawaai and was a program conducted under its Global Peace Support Initiative.  Four trainers from the 'International Peace Support Initiative' conducted the course along with Sri Lanka...

The SLAF Ruggerites led 3 nil at the lemons but went down with pride, playing the knock outs against CR&FC. The SLAF showed guts and bravado, true to its legendry rugby history. The final scores that read 22 to CR & FC and 06 to the SLAF indeed did not do justice to the Air Force boys who fought hard and went down fighting. Suranga Arunashantha, put out two penalties of whic...

The Annual Air Force Commander’s Inspection was held on 28 August 2009, of the No.04 Air Defence Radar Squadron at SLAF Mirigama.  The Commander was received into the camp premises through a street lining of airmen. The No 04 Air Defence Radar Squadron at Sri Lanka Air Force Mirigama was established as a part of the National Air Defence System of Sri Lanka and has been tasked to p...

A newly built house worth of Rs 1 million was donated to Mrs. R Kumari the widow and the infant child of Cpl Chaminda Lakmal Gunarathne who was killed in a terrorist attack at Morawewa on 09th January 2009.  The construction of the house was carried out under the supervision of the Base Commander of Sri Lanka Air Force Base Anuradhapura and his team.The ceremony to hand over t...

The World Boxing Championship is scheduled to take place in Milan, Italy, from 31st August to 13th September, 2009. For this event, the International Boxing Association (AIBA) has adopted a long evaluation process and has exercised extreme condition when selecting officials for the forthcoming World Championship. We are proud to say that  Group Captain Nishantha Dharmadasa from...

The Air Force Ground Element based at the Special Operations Group Peraru, commanded by Group Captain W L R P Rodrigo conducting a clearance operation recently in the general area of 'Monaragala' (GR 2478 of the 1.50000 Pankulam MGM) recovered over 200, No.36 hand grenades, hidden by the LTTE for use in future attacks.       ...

His Excellency the ambassador of Japan Mr. Kunio Takahashi paid a courtesy call on the Commander of the Air force Air Chief Marshal Roshan Goonetileke this afternoon (25 August 2009) at the Air force Headquaters.Official plaques were exchanged between the visitor and the Air Force Commander at this occasion. ...

The Sri Lanka Air Force Rowing team is presently under rigorous training for the forthcoming 25th National Rowing Championship Regatta with much enthusiasm. The team’s performance at the 24th National Rowing Championships in year 2008 was praiseworthy. The team was able to win two Gold medals, two Silver medals and three Bronze medals in the Men’s Open and Men’s Over 23 Catego...

The Air Force ground troops coming under the Special Operations Group Trincomalee, Commanded by Group Captain KFR Fernando, conducting a clearance operation in the general area of ‘Manirasakulam’ (GR 4550,4551,4650,4651 of the 1.50000 Trincomalee MGM) at approximately 1100 Hrs on 22 august 2009 made the following recoveries.Qty 01 CH T-56 Assault RifleQty 01 CH T-56 MagazineQty...

Sri Lanka Air Force Seva Vanitha Unit Organized a welfare programme, jointly with the Directorate of Health Services - Sri Lanka Air Force for Internally Displaced Personnel of Zone 2 and Zone 3 in the Chettikulam camp. Mrs. Nelun Goonetileke, Chairperson of the SLAF SVU and other committee members distributed dry ration packs, clothing items, milk packets among the children and pr...

Addressing newly commissioned officers and passed out airmen at SLAF Base Chinabay today, Secretary defence Mr Gotabaya Rajapaksa stated that the Sri Lanka Air Force is the best Air Force in the world today as it had proven its self in the battle to defeat the LTTE.  “With limited resources and hi-tech machines, the Sri Lanka Air Force defeated the LTTE, using their knowledg...

Today the 20th of August 2009, the Commander of the Air Force carried out an inspection tour of SLAF Iranamadu and SLAF Muliativu the two newest Air Force deployments. Incidentally both these locations were utilized by the now destroyed LTTE to carry out their clandestine air activity. Both locations have runways built by the LTTE to operate light aircraft. When the terrorists were...

The 5th South Asian shooting championship was held in Bangladesh from 03 to 09 July this year (2009). At this event  two Airwomen a representing the Sri Lanka Defence Service team won one silver and one bronze medal respectively. The names of the players are as follows. Cpl Wijerathna             (25M Pistol Woman)&nb...