The Commander of the Air Force Air Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama was part of the history making Burdett Trophy winning Nuwara Eliya Golf Club (NEGC) team. The Burdett Trophy is a prestigious event played between the Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC) and the Nuwara Eliya Golf Club (NEGC) and this year’s event was the 111th encounter between these two great clubs. NEGC beat RCGC y...

Sri Lanka Air force Base Katunayake and No 26 Regiment Wing SLAF Base Katunayake won the Men’s and Women’s Championships, whilst SLAF Academy China-Bay and Supply and Maintenance Depot SLAF Base Katunayake became the Men’s and Women’s Runners up at the Inter Unit Volleyball finals held on 2nd  December  2013 at the Sport Complex  SLAF Base Katunayake.The Secretary ...

Sri Lanka Air Force Weightlifters who represented Sri Lanka as part of the National Team at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship - 2013 which was held in Penang, Malaysia on 24th to 30th November 2013 returned to the Island this morning (2nd November 2013) to a rousing welcome at the Bandaranaike International Airport, Katunayake.Weightlifter, Aircraftman Palangasinghe DKTWK of th...

 The SLAF Taekwondo team was adjudged as the best upcoming Taekwondo team 2013 at the National Taekwondo Championship 2013 which was concluded last evening (30th November 2013) at the Indoor Stadium of the St. Josephs’ College Colombo. The SLAF Taekwondo team comprising of both men and women performed exceptionally well and bagged 03 Gold, 02 Silver and 06 Bronze Medals whils...

SLAF Academy China Bay (Men’s) and SLAF TTS Ekala (Women’s) won the Inter Unit Kabaddi Championship which was concluded on 27th November 2013 at the SLAF TTS Ekala.LAC Pushpakumara WM and LAC Sakunthala were adjudged as “Best Players" in the men’s and Women’s category respectively. General Secretary Amateur Kabaddi Federation of Sri Lanka, Commodore HAUD Hettiarachchi graced th...

The Sri Lanka Air Force famous for speed in the Air took to the waters of the Beira Lake on Sunday, 24th November 2013 when they piloted Formula – 2 Speedboats with precision at the inaugural ‘F2 Speedboat Challenge – Sri Lanka’ conducted by Lanka Powerboat Association. Squadron Leader AAGS Alahakoon and Flying Officer RJM Goonetileke who underwent a short training se...

Sri Lanka Air Force Men’s Stickers won the 57th Senior National Hockey tournament 2013 by defeating Sri Lanka Army by 5 goals to 2 on 24 November 2013 at the Artificial Hockey Turf Ground Colombo.The 5 goals for SLAF were scored by Leading Aircraftman Weerasooriya (2 goals), Sergeant Perera, Corporal Nanayakkara and Leading Aircraftman Mulafer. Eighteen teams took part in the tournamen...

SLAF Athlete Aircraftsman Sumanaweera S the Bronze Medal winner of the Shot-Put event at the 2nd South Asian Junior (U-20) Athletics Championships which was held in Ranchi, India from 10th November to 12th November 2013 returned to the Island this morning (14th Nov 2013).He was welcomed by members of the SLAF Athletic Pool at the Bandaranaike International Airport, Katunayake....

The New Zealand cricket team was flown to Hingurakgoda from Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) in AN 32 Aircraft of the SLAF on 13th November 2013 ahead of their 3rd and final one day internationals against Sri Lanka in the Dialog Cup 2013 on 16th November 2013 at Rangiri Dambulu International Cricket Stadium....

The Air Force 09th Open Squash Championship was held from 02nd November 2013  with the participation of 230 participants and successfully concluded this evening (09th November 2013) at the Sri Lanka Air Force Squash Complex, Ratmalana. SLAF No. 01 Squash player Corporal Gihan Suwaris and defending Champion Ms. Mihilya Methsarani of  the Srimawo Girl’s School Colombo won ...

SLAF Station Colombo secured Men’s (20 points) and SLAF TTS Ekala secured Women’s (23 points) Championships at the Inter Unit Power  Lifting Championship which was concluded last evening (24st October 2013) at SLAF TTS Ekala. SLAF Base Katunayake (13 points) and SLAF Academy China Bay (11 points) became the runners up in men and women categories respectively. 67 male and 27 fema...

Thrills and spills of speed racing and riding full of excitement and great sportsmanship brought an exciting finish to the Rotherham Circuit Meet 2013 concluded successfully at the Sri Lanka Air Force Unit Katukurunda this evening (13th October2013).The motor car and bike racing competition worked off at the Katukurunda Airstrip which is famous for generating much speed racing, saw the p...

The finals of the 75th National Wrestling Championship 2013, was held at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium on 8 October 2013. The SLAF become the runners up with two gold, three silver and four bronze medals, whilst the Navy become, champions. The championship was held from 6th to 8th October 2013 with the participation of 110 male competitors. The Secretary of the National Olympic Committe...

Sri Lanka Air Force Station Palaly won the Men’s Championship whilst SLAF Station Colombo won the Group Captain HA Perusinghe Memorial Trophy at the Inter unit Basketball Championship 2013 which was held from 29th September to 07th October 2013 at the Tummulla Sport Complex.In the men’s final, SLAF Station Palaly beat the defending Champions SLAF Station Colombo by 57-40 points and i...

The Sri Lanka Air Force’s ‘Inter Unit Cycling Championship 2013’ was held yesterday (4th Oct 2013) at SLAF Unit Katukurunda. SLAF Base Anudradhapura won the Men’s Championship whilst SLAF Unit BIA won the Women’s Title. No 26 Regiment Wing of SLAF Base Katunayake and SLAF Station Colombo became the Runners-up in men’s and women’s categories respectively. The event is held a...

SLAF Basketball player Corporal Dodangoda R has been selected to the Carlton Cup ‘Dream Team’,in consideration of his star performances at the Carlton Cup Championship-2013, which was concluded on 27th September 2013.Corporal Dodangoda is a former Captain of the SLAF Basketball team and he was a member of the national team in the year 2011. Mithila Abeysekara (HSC Blues), Praneeth Ud...

The Sri Lanka Air Force Tug of War team emerged Champions at the Tug of War Indoor National   Championship defeating Dehiwala United Sport Club at the Diyagama Mahinda Rajapaksha Indoor Stadium recently.The sport of Tug of War was officially introduced to the Sri Lanka Air Force in year 2011. Within one year of forming up the SLAF team was able to secure 6th place at the Nation...

Sri Lanka Air Force Women’s Kabaddi team emerge Champions defeating Sri Lanka Navy team whilst the SLAF Men’s team  became the Joint Champions with the Sri Lanka Army team at the National Kabaddi Championship held on 28th and 29th September 2013 at Matara Uyanwatta Stadium. At the women’s final, defending Champions Air Force Women beat Navy 23 to13 having beaten Army comp...

The Sri Lanka Air Force won the 15th Vijaya 9-A Side Hockey Tournament for the 07th consecutive time defeating Sri Lanka Army by 1 goal to nil. Eighteen teams took part in the tournament which was held on 28th and 29th Sep 13 at the Nandimithra Ekanayake International Hockey Turf, Matale. The best goalkeeper of the tournament was Corporal Rathnasiri CMTD. The Deputy Minister of Transport...

26 Regiment Wing SLAF Base Katunayeke won the Commander’s Challenge Trophy whilst SLAF Station Diayatalawa won the Chairman Athletics Challenge Trophy at the Inter Unit Athletic Championship 2013 which concluded last evening (26 September 2013)  at SLAF Base Katunayake.Officer Cadet Koswaththa   was awarded the Lakshman De Aliwis Challenge Trophy awarded to the Best Men�...

Leading aircraftman  Tharanga DVGI of the Sri Lanka Air Force Rowing, Canoe & Kayak team has been selected to represent the first ever National Kayak team representing the country at the 15th Asian Canoe & Kayak Championships at Samarqand, Uzbekistan, from 26th to 29th September 2013. He is a member of the four members contingent and will participate at the 200 M K-1 events....