A vital and outstanding requirement was fulfilled under the direction of the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana through the launching of an “Air Power Doctrine” today (02 March 2022) at Southern Commander’s Office, SLAF Base Katunayake . This is the culmination of the efforts of professional board comprising expertise which was headed by the Chief of Staff...

The Sri Lanka Air Force which was established in the year 1951 as the Royal Ceylon Air Force on a day such as today (02 March 2022) and thus celebrated 71 years of guarding the skies above our beloved mother land, Sri Lanka. The official anniversary parade was held this morning at SLAF Base Katunayake under the auspices of the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana....

Sri Lanka Air Force on its anniversary day on 02nd March 2022, marked another milestone for the Helitours (Domestic Commercial Air Transport Service of Sri Lanka Air Force) when the company received the Air Operator Certificate (AOC) from the Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CAASL) to recommence commercial air transport operations after a period of silence for the last couple of ye...

The Sri Lanka Air Force which is gearing up to celebrate its 71st Anniversary as the “Guardians of the Skies” conducted the “Pichcha Mal Pooja” at Kelaniya Raja Maha Viharaya for the fifth consecutive year. The event was organized under the auspices of the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana this evening (1 March 2022) by SLAF Station Colombo, to invoke b...

Inline with the 71st Anniversary of the SLAF, a Special Donation programme was conducted today (01 March 2022) at “Amilasiri Gilan Bikshu Aramaya” at Avissawella under the guidance of Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sudarshna Pathirana and Chairperson SLAF Seva Vanitha Unit, Mrs. Charmini Pathirana.“Amilasiri Gilan Bikshu Aramaya” is an institution which provides treatmen...

The traditional Handing Over/ Taking Over Parade of Air Defence Command and Control Centre at SLAF Station Mirigama was conducted yesterday (28 February 2022) where the outgoing Commanding Officer, Group Captain DS Wickramarachchi MSc (Def & Strat Stu), BA (Soc Sci), psc handed over the command to Group Captain DSC Fernando RSP and two Bars, USP, Pg Dip (LRHRM).The outgoing Commandin...

The press briefing on the “ Guwan Hamuda Papedi Sawariya 2022” was held today (28 February 2022) at the Air Force Headquarters. This year’s race will be conducted for the 23rd consecutive year in concurrence with 71st Anniversary of the Sri Lanka Air Force. Over one hundred male and more than thirty female Sri Lankan ranking/other riders are expected to compete in this race.The dur...

A new victory in the cricket Major Club Emerging 3 - Day Tournament, Group ‘A’ was set at Air Force Ground, Katunayake yesterday (27 February 2022) between Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club and Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC). SLAF Sports Club, batting first, rattled up an astonishing won by an inning and 151 runs. An unbeaten double century by Movin Subasinghe and a match bag of ten wicke...

SLAF Aviation Unit, United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Central African Republic (MINUSCA) was privileged to host the visit of United Nations under Secretary General for Peace Keeping Operations, His Excellency Jean-Pierre Lacroix on his official visit to Sector East, (MINUSCA) on 25 February 2022. This was the first time in the history of SLAF Aviation Un...

The Eagles pinned down Sailors and clawed out a critical victory scoring 12 points against Navy Sports Club at the Air Force Rugby Grounds Rathmalana during the Sri Lanka Rugby XVs Inter-club ‘A’ Division Rugby tournament held yesterday (25 February 2022).SLAF and Navy scored equal during the first half 05-05 with 01 try by each team. Vimukthi Fernando drew the first triumph during t...

The Sri Lanka Air Force official website, “www.airforce.lk” won the Silver Award under Government Category in the Best Web Competition 2021 which was organized by the LK Domain Registry for the 11th time to recognize the best websites in Sri Lanka. The award was officially handed over today (25 February 2022) to the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana by the ...

The Organic Fertilizer Project at Sri Lanka Air Force Regiment Training School Vanni, handed over its second stock of 15 Metric Tons organic fertilizer to the Ceylon Fertilizer Company Limited (Lak Pohora) on 22 February 2022 in view of strengthening the government’s organic fertilizer production drive on the directives of the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathiran...

The Change of Command of the Air Force Academy China Bay was conducted today (24 February 2022). The traditional Handing Over/ Taking Over Parade took place at the Academy Headquarters where the outgoing Commandant Air Commodore V B Edirisinghe WWV, RWP, RSP and three Bars, psc, qhi handed over command to Air Commodore AV Jayasekera WWV and Bar, RWP, RSP and two Bars, USP, fawc (Pak), ps...

Air Defence Gunnery Training School at SLAF Station Iranamadu celebrated its 10th anniversary today (23 February 2022).Air Defence Gunnery Training School initially shifted to Iranamadu from SLAF Base Katunayake on 08th January 2012 and later on 23rd February 2012. Proclaimed as an individual Formation in SLAF on the day of the 10th annual celebration, a Donation program was organized at...

Seva Vanitha Unit at SLAF Station Iranamadu donated school needs for  students of Alagapuri Primary School -  Ramanathapuram, on 20 February 2022 as a community service project which was carried out under the supervision of Commanding Officer SLAF Station Iranamadu, Group Captain Rukman Dassanayake .     School needs including school uniforms for 92 students at t...

The SLAF Hospital China bay conducted a Blood Donation campaign under the guidance of Commanding Officer Hospital, Group Captain Priyadarshani Wijenayake yesterday (22 February 2022) at the Hospital premises in collaboration with the Blood Bank of the District General hospital Trincomalee.The campaign was conducted to mark the 12th anniversary of SLAF Hospital China bay. The objective of...

The Induction of the president of Sri Lanka College of Military Medicine (SLCOMM) 2022/2023 was held with much pomp and grandeur at the Eagles Lagoon View Banquet & Convention Hall, Katunayake on yesterday (20 February 2022). Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana graced the occasion as the Chief Guest and the Guest of Honour was Prof. Srinath Chandrasekera MS, ...

Aligned to national policy framework ‘Vistas of Prosperity and Splendour’ by His Excellency the President Gotabaya Rajapaksha and as per the instructions of the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana, the second phase of paddy harvesting programme was commenced at Kanugahawewa area, yesterday (20 February 2022) by Sri Lanka Air Force Station Morawewa under the s...

The 26th Annual Eliyakanda Hill Climb presently known as SLT-Mobitel Speedup Hill Climb organized by the Southern Motor Sports Club got underway yesterday(20 February 2022) at Matara. The total of 124 drivers and 91 riders were contested for the Championship.SLAF rider Coporal Jayampathi Dissanayaka clinches 2nd runners up in the Standard Motor Bike 250 cc event and 3rd runners up in Gro...

The International Military Sport Council (CISM) Day Run which was organized this time by the Sri Lanka Air Force was flagged off this morning (20 February 2022) at the Riffle Green Ground, Colombo by the Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, General Kamal Gunaratne (Retd). The Commander of the Air Force and President of Defence Services Sports Borard, Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana par...

Air Vice Marshal Kapila Wanigasooriya RWP, RSP, USP, MMSc (Nat Sec Strat- China), MDS, fndu(China), psc bid adieu to the Sri Lanka Air Force today (20 February 2022) after more than 34 years of dedicated service to the nation. At the time of his retirement, he held the appointment of Director Air Operations of the Sri Lanka Air Force.Air Vice Marshal Wanigasooriya made an official farewe...