The 6th Annual Academic Sessions - 2023 of the Sri Lanka College of Military Medicine commenced today (24 February 2023) at Eagles' Lagoon View Banquet Hall in Katunayaka, under the auspices of the President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Hon. Ranil Wickramasinghe. The guest of honour the Dean of Medicine and professor of Pharmacology, Griffith University, Queensland,...

The Boxing Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) organized and conducted the 95th National Boxing Championship 2022 for both men and women from 20 February to 24 February 2023 at the Royal MAS Arena, Colombo 7. The championship featured more than 150 contestants from 25 reputable sports clubs, including the Tri Forces and the Police, competing in various weight categories.  SLAF Women’s...

The Air Defence Gunnery Training School (ADGTS) at SLAF Station Iranamadu proudly celebrated its 11th anniversary today (23 February 2023). The Air Defence Gunnery Training School was initially established at SLAF Base Katunayake and later shifted to SLAF Station Iranamadu on 05 February 2012 and became an independent formation in the SLAF on 23 February 2013.The Air Defence Gunnery Trai...

The press briefing on the “ Guwan Hamuda Papedi Sawariya 2023” was held today (22 February 2023) at the Air Force Headquarters. This year’s race will be conducted for the 24th consecutive time in concurrence with 72nd Anniversary of the Sri Lanka Air Force. Over one hundred male and over thirty female Sri Lankan ranking/other cyclists are expected to compete in this race. Guwan Ham...

The 74th National Wrestling Championship 2023 was held at Indoor Sport Stadium Torrington Colombo on 18 and 19 February 23.  The SLAF Women Wrestlers emerged as Champions for the consecutive 6th occasion winning five Gold, five Silver and three Bronze medals. The SLAF Men’s team also secured the second runner up winning three Gold, three Silver and four Bronze medals. The SLAF Wom...

Leading Aircraftman Nuwan Perera’s outstanding personal performance has added more value to the Air Force men’s rugby team’s achievement of the Plate Champions of the Nippon Paints Inter Club Rugby League 2022/23. The team scored a total of 261 points, out of which 115 points were scored individually by Nuwan Perera. His tally includes 02 tries, 24 conversions, 18 penalties, and 01...

The International Military Sports Council (CISM) Day Run, which was organized by the Sri Lanka Air Force this time under the guidance of President Defence Services Sports Board and Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana was flagged off this morning (18 February 2022) at the Riffle Green Ground, Colombo by the Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, General Kamal Gunar...

The newly constructed War Memorial at the Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) was declared open yesterday (17 February 2023) under the auspices of the chief guest, Prime Minister, Hon. Dinesh Gunawardena.The Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Air Force, Air Vice Marshal Udeni Rajapakse attended the ceremony on behalf of the Commander of the Air Force.The KDU Alumni Association and the KDU p...

The Defence Services Games Squash Championship was concluded yesterday (17 February 2023) at SLAF Squash Complex, Ratmalana. The final session and awards ceremony were also held at the same venue.Sri Lanka Air Force Men’s Team secured the Overall Championship by defeating Sri Lanka Navy 5-0 and Sri Lanka Army 4-1. During the presentation of special awards, Group Captain DL Hewawitharan...

Air Force Men’s Rugby Team secured the Plate Championship of the Nippon Paints Rugby League 2022/2023 against Police SC yesterday (17 February 2023) at Police Park Grounds Colombo. At the final whistle the Airmen closed the game 11 points to 05 against the hosts. The 11 points by the Airmen were divided amongst Rumesh Ramdas with one try and Nuwan Perera sealed the game with two penalt...

The action-packed 4th CISM World Military Beach Volleyball Championship 2023 concluded today (17 February 2023) with unforgettable memories for fans across the coastal city of Negombo. A total of 90 games were played over a span of five days, with a number of fans gathering at Negombo Beach on the final day to witness the thrilling sporting action. The Grand finals and the Awards Ceremon...

Sri Lanka Air Force Women’s Wing, under the guidance of the Commanding Officer Women’s Wing, Air Commodore Manoaj Kappetipola, organized a full-day special awareness programme for SLAF Lady Officers and Airwomen on "How to avoid sexual harassments" and "Breast Cancer Awareness" today (17 February 2023) at SLAF Trade Training School Ekala. More than 300 Lady Officers and Airwomen part...

Responding to a request from the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) in Badulla, the Disaster Assistance and Response Team (DART) and other personnel from the SLAF Combat Training School Diyatalawa, comprised of two officers and 39 airmen, successfully doused a large scale bushfire in the Kandepuhulpola forest area yesterday (16 February 2013).Information regarding the fire was provided by ...

The US Principal Duty Assistant Secretary of Defence for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, Jedidiah P. Royal, called on the Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Air Force, Air Vice Marshal Udeni Rajapakse, at Air Force Headquarters today (16 February 2023).The head of the delegation was received by the Commanding Officer of SLAF Station Colombo, Air Commodore Suresh Fernando.Following the arriva...

The grand finals of the 4th CISM World Military Beach Volleyball Championship - 2023 are set to take place on the beach in front of the Goldi Sand Hotel tomorrow (17 February 2023) from 1000hrs onwards. France's 1st team and 1st, 2nd and 3rd teams from Sri Lanka vied in the semifinal matches in the Women's division held today (16 February 2023), while in the Men's division, Germany's 1st...

The Change of Command at the Aircraft Engineering Wing (AEW), SLAF Base Katunayake was conducted yesterday (13 February 2023). The traditional Handing Over / Taking Over parade took place at the Wing premises where the outgoing Commanding Officer Air Commodore MDAG Seneviratne USP, MDS, MSSD, BSc (Aero Eng-USA), ndc (Ban), AMIE (SL), psc handed over the command to Group Captain UCJ Piyas...

The Change of Command at SLAF Station Sigiriya was conducted yesterday (13 February 2023).The traditional Handing Over/ Taking Over Parade took place at the Station Parade Square, where the Commanding Officer, Group Captain BWDNM Samarakoon USP, MHRM, BA (Def Stu) handed over the command to Group Captain ADR Lianarachchige RWP, MSc (Def & Strat Stu), psc.Group Captain Lianarachchige ...

The Sri Lanka Air Force Netball Team emerged 1st Runner Up at the Dialog National Netball Championship 2022 after a tough game with Hatton National Bank, scoring 28-45. The Air Force team qualified for the finals after beating the SL Army in the semi-finals.The Championship was held from 11 to 13 February 2023 at the Torrington Grounds....

The preliminary round matches of the 4th (CISM) world military beach volleyball championship 2023 was started off today (13 February 2023) at Negombo Beach.Sportswomen representing the countries of France, Germany, Netherlands, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Colombia and Sri Lanka participated in the first round matches.Each competition has an international technical jury comprised of members of pa...

The Secretary General of International Military Sports Council (CISM), Captain Roberto Recchia from the Italian Navy, called on the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana this morning (13 February 2023).Following the cordial discussion pertinent to the CISM Beach Volleyball Championship, which is currently underway, official plaques were exchanged between the Comman...

The fifth edition of "Colombo Naval Exercise - 2023" (CONEX-23), hosted by the Sri Lanka Navy, concluded successfully yesterday (12 February 2023) off the western seas. The final day exercises of CONEX-23, held in the seas off Colombo for the third consecutive day, were reviewed by the Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Priyantha Perera.A contingent of Bell 412 and Bell 212 he...