The Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Kapila Jayampathy declared open the newly established No 2 Information Technology Wing (ITW) and the newly constructed fully fledged Recruiting Office Complex at SLAF Trade Training School Ekala today (17 May 19).

The new No 2 IT Wing was established at Ekala as per the directives of the Commander of the Air Force. Within the new IT Wing the Commander also declared open the first International CISCO Academy of the Sri Lanka Air Force. This new academy will enable the SLAF to train its own IT professionals to achieve the CISCO Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification. This wing also consists of Network, Hardware, Electronic Workshops and the IT Audit, Implementation and Monitoring Sections.

As per the directives of the Commander of the Air Force, the previous Command Recruiting Officer, Air Commodore AJ Amerasinghe took the initiative to commence construction of the Office Complex with the support of the Directorate of Civil Engineering.

The Office Complex comprises of all the facilities needed for the recruiting process starting from the initial interview, medical checkups to the enlistment with the oath. The Commander expressed his appreciations to the present Command Recruiting Officer, Air Commodore TA Wimalarathne and his Staff for their tireless efforts during the construction of the new Office Complex.

The Chief of Staff, Air Vice Marshal Sumangala Dias, Members of the Air Force Board Management, the Director Information Technology, Air Commodore AS Vithana, Other Senior Officers, IT Officers from the Directorate of Information Technology participated for the ceremonies.