Second Replacement Group Departs Sri Lanka for 2nd SLAF Aviation Contingent in UNMISS
12:15pm on Monday 20th June 2016
Second Group of the 2nd Sri Lanka Air
Force (SLAF) Aviation Unit under the United Nations Mission in the
Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS) departed the country early hours today
(20 June 2016).
The second group consisting of 49 SLAF personnel departed for South Sudan from Bandaranaike International Airport. Base Commander SLAF Base Katunayake Air Commodore Sagara Kotakadeniya, Deputy Director Aeronautical Engineering Air Commodore Andrew Wijesuriya,Staff Officer Ground Operations I Air Commodore Nishen Abeysinghe, Officers and family members of the leaving personnel joined at the departure lounge.
The second group consisting of 49 SLAF personnel departed for South Sudan from Bandaranaike International Airport. Base Commander SLAF Base Katunayake Air Commodore Sagara Kotakadeniya, Deputy Director Aeronautical Engineering Air Commodore Andrew Wijesuriya,Staff Officer Ground Operations I Air Commodore Nishen Abeysinghe, Officers and family members of the leaving personnel joined at the departure lounge.