“Guwan Hamuda Papedi Sawariya 2015” was held for the 16th consecutive year, coinciding with the 64th Anniversary of the Sri Lanka Air Force. The men’s race was held on 2nd ,3rd and 4th April 2015  in 3 stages. Cyclists from all around the country participated in this race covering a total distance of 432.1Km. Nidush Nirantha  of the Air Force won the overall Championship ...

SLAF’s men and women shooters emerged both Team Champions in the Open Division event while the Production division men and women shooters also became the Champions in their categories at the Golden Eagle IPSC Hand Gun Nationals 2015 concluded last evening at SL Navy Welisara.The event was organized by the Sri Lanka Air Force in collaboration with National Rifle Association at...

The Sri Lanka Air Force Karate team became the Champions at the Open karate championship, the first stage of ‘SRI LANKA FRIENDS CUP- 2015’, which was conducted at the Sir Albert Peiris Indoor Stadium  Wennappuwa on 21 March 2015.The tournament was organized by the Sri Lanka Friends Karate Organization, with the participation of more than 650 Karate players in all events under Bl...

SLAF riders took honours at the Pannala motor cross held on 22 Mar 15 at Pannala motor cross track. The SLAF team participated with 7 riders and grabbed 6 placements by overtaking many leading riders around the country.PlacementsNovices event1st   Sgt Perera HKRT2nd  Lac Galpeella YMEAB3rd  Cpl Lakmal CEvent standard 115 cc1st  Lac Peiris HYMEvent standard 250cc2nd&nb...

The Air Force rugby team emerged victorious over defending champions SL Navy Club in the ongoing Clifford Cup knock-out rugby tournament played yesterday evening(22 March 15).The Airmen beat the Sailors 37 points (four goals and three penalties) to 23 points (two goals and three penalties) at the Race Course Grounds yesterday. SLAF players played to a well mapped out game plan, with good...

SLAF Bodybuilders bagged 01 gold, 05 silver and 02 bronze medals at the the Mr Sri Lanka Body BuIlding Championship 2015 concluded at Ananda College Colombo on 14 March 2015.The performances of the SLAF are as follows.Gold medalLac Fonseka RLC - 70 KgSilver MedalsLac Tennakoon HMRD - 60 kgLAC Chaminda Pieris WM - 75 kgLAC Dhanushka  PRA- 80kgLAC Abeysekara UVNM - 8...

The Sri Lanka Air Force ruggerites defeated Police SC by 44 to 22 yesterday evening (20th Feb 2015) at Ratmalana Air Force grounds, in their Dialog inter Club 'A' Division League Rugby Tournament.Air Force scored their 44 points with 4 goals, 2 unconverted tries and 2 penalties while police scored 1 goal and 3 unconverted tries. Fijian Opathie Belena, AC Nuwan Perera, LAC Surya Krishan, ...

The Air Force 10th Open Squash Championship was held from  7 February 2015  with the participation of 300 participants and successfully concluded this evening (14 February 2015 ) at the Sri Lanka Air Force Squash Complex, Ratmalana. Ravindu Laksiri of DS Senanayake College Colombo and Naduni Gunawardanei of   Vishaka College Colombo won the Men’s and Women’s ...

The SLAF men and women Judokas became the Champions and runners up respectively at the 54th National Judo Championship organized by the Sri Lanka Judo Association which was held at Judo Association Colombo on 29 and 30 December 2014. SLAF won the Men’s Open and team categories and became runner up of the Women’s team category whilst bagging 12 Gold Medals, 08 Silver Medal...

The 89th ABA Men and Women National championship 2014 was concluded at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo, last week. The final event of this year's boxing calendar saw the cream of Sri Lankan boxers in action in the Sugathadasa ring. Sri Lanka Air Force's s Boxer Cpl Dilshan MYM won the most outstanding player of the year 2014 trophy for winning Bronze at the Robert to Ba...

The SLAF women’s team secured the women Championship whilst the men’s team finished runners up at the National Taekwondo Championship 2014 which was concluded a short while ago at the Indoor Stadium of the University of Colombo. The SLAF obtained 5 Gold medals, 2 Silver medal, 5 bronze medals. The Sri Lanka Air Force team was adjudged the all-round runner up of the Championship&...

The Sri Lanka Air Force Volleyball team emerged victorious in a two match series over the Indian Air Force Volleyball team. SLAF Volleyball team won the first match 3-1 and out played their counterparts with straight 3-0 sets win in the second match. The tour was undertaken in line with the IAF- SLAF sports exchange program under the ongoing IAF- SLAF Air staff Talks.As the reciprocal vi...

Sri Lanka Air Force Academy China Bay secured the overall championship at the second Inter Unit golf tournament held at the Sri Lanka Air Force Eagle’s Heritage Golf on 06th December 2014.The game consisted of 18 holes one round match and a total of 52 players participated in the tournament. Sri Lanka Air Force Academy Cby team displayed their skills in such fashion that enabled the Ac...

No 26 Regiment wing SLAF Base Kat and SLAF TTS Eka won the Men’s and Women’s Championships respectively, at the Inter Unit Wrestling  championships 2014 concluded  on 05th December  2014 at the Sport Complex,  SLAF Base Katunayake.  SLAF Base Rathmalana and SLAF BIA became the Men’s runners up and No 26 Regiment wing SLAF Kat became Women’s runn...

Sri Lanka Air Force Base Rathmalana emerged both men's women's champions of the Inter Unit Karate championship 2014 concluded on 03 December 2014 at the Sport Complex, SLAF Base Katunayake.SLAF TTS Ekala became Men's runner up and No.26 Regt Wing, SLAF Base Katunayake became women's runners up at the Championship.Director Ground Operations Air Vice Marshal K Yahampath graced ...

Air Force Athletes displayed their caliber when a number of them were recognized for their special achievements at the recently concluded Gala event, Sri Lanka’s Sports Oscars, the Sports 1st Mobitel Platinum Awards Night.  The event got underway with much grandeur at Stein Studios in Ratmalana on Sunday, 30 Nov 14.  Pilot Officer Chandrika Subashini received the ...

Sri Lanka Air Force TTS Ekala became men's and women's Champions in the Inter Unit Kabaddi Tournament 2014. This tournament was held at the SLAF TTS Ekala on 24 and 25 November 2014. This is an annual event aimed at selecting potential players to represent the Air Force at national as well as international levels. The finals too were worked out at the same venue, SLAF TTS Ekala ...

Sri Lanka Air Force Station Colombo(Men’s) and S&MD (Women’s) emerged champions in the Inter Unit Athletics Championship 2014, which was held on 20th and 21st November 2014 at SLAF Base Katunayake.Officer Cadet  Koswatte DNML  was awarded the Lakshman De Alwis Challenge Trophy for  the Best Male Athlete whilst  AC  Jayatissa GRES  was awa...

SLAF Base Ratmalana and SLAF TTS Ekala became the men' s joint Champions  (19 points)and  SLAF Station Ekala became women 's Champions(17 points) at the Inter Unit weight lifting Championship 2014 which was concluded yesterday (19 November 2014) at SLAF Station Ekala.SLAF Station BIA (11 points) and SLAF Base Ratmalana (12 points) became the runners up in men's and women's cate...

Sri Lanka Air force Academy China-Bay and SLAF Station BIA won the Men’s and Women’s Championships respectively, at the Inter Unit Volleyball championships 2014 concluded  on 14th November  2014 at the Sport Complex,  SLAF Base Katunayake.  SLAF Vanni  and No 26 Regiment Wing at  SLAF Base Katunayake became the Men’s and Women’s runners up. The ...

The Action Challenge Three Gun Championship 2014 conducted by the Nuwara Eliya Sport Shooting Club which was held at Bomburuella Shooting range at Nuwara Eliya from 6 to 9 November 2014. The event was conducted as a Three Gun Championship comprising Hand Gun, Shot Gun and Rifle Categories.The SLAF Shooting team excelled during the competition. The SLAF Production Division Team ...