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The Sri Lanka Air Force and the Eagles’ Golf Links hosted the Commander’s Cup – 2018 Annual Golf Tournament, which was concluded on 27 January 2018 in the picturesque settings of China Bay, close to the harbor city of Trincomalee. The tournament, played under the ‘Handicap Rules’ was open to all and started off at 0700 hrs with the participation of sixty  (60) enthusiastic...
National Shooting Sports Federation (NSSF) Skeet National Championship 2017 was conducted from 06th to 08th October 2017 at Clay Target Shooting Range Payagala. Sri Lanka Air Force Shooters secured 02 gold and 01 Team silver medals during the championship. More than 50 competitors representing clubs including Army, Air Force, Police and Special Task Force contested for this championship....
Leading Aircraftman Samantha Lakmal secured the 1st place of the "Salis Wasaraka Mahaweli Asiriya Papedi Sawariya" cycle race which was concluded on 08 January 2018 at Moragahakanda. The race wound its way through Moragahakanda, Naula, Dambulla , Matale, Katugastota and ended at Polgolla, Covering a total distance of 108.2 km. ...
The higher level supervision visit of the Sri Lanka Aviation Unit in United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) was conducted by the Director Ground Operations (DGO), Air Vice Marshal  KFR Fernando from 16th to 20th December 2017. The Contingent Commander Wing Commander KAPS Kuruwita welcomed the DGO and Group Captain DWR Jayawardana at the Bor Airport and escorted them to the U...
SLAF Taekwondo Teams emerged champions in both Men’s and Women’s categories bagging 9 Gold, 4 Silver and 4 Bronze medals at the National Taekwondo Championship 2017 concluded on 22 December 2017 at Sport Hostel Complex Gymnasium, Colombo.LAC Jayasantha HMTH of the SLAF was awarded the Best Male Player (Fin Weight Category) of the tournament.Minister of Sports, Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekar...
Sri Lanka Air Force Women's Volleyball Team emerged the Women's Champions at the 31st National Youth Services Council (NYSC) - Rupavahini Volleyball Championship held at the NYSC Maharagama on the 16th of December 2017. Further, SLAF Men's team became the 2nd Runner up at the tournament.In the women's final SLAF beat SL Navy 3-0 (27-25, 25-23 and 34-32). The best player award was won by ...
Sri Lanka Air Force Base Katunayake emerged men's and women's champions while SLAF TTS Ekala became men's and women's runners up in the Inter Unit Elle Championships 2017 concluded on 05th of December 2017 at the SLAF Base Katunayake.Base Commander SLAF Base Katunayake Air Vice Marshal MDAP Payoe graced the occasion as the chief guest. Chairman SLAF Elle Air Commodore RHKP Ranasinghe, Of...
Sri Lanka Air Force Station Colombo emerged as the Inter Unit Table Tennis Champions for 2017 defeating SLAF Base Rathmalana at AF Health Management Centre (HMC), Colombo on 30 November 2017.The Commander of the Air Force Air Marshal Kapila Jayampathy graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. The Deputy Chief of Staff of the SLAF Air Vice Marshal Mohan De Zoysa, Members of the ...
SLAF Base Ratmalana won the Inter Unit Squash Championship 2017 beating SLAF Academy China Bay at the Air Force Health Management Centre (HMC), Colombo on 29 November 2017.The Champion SLAF Base Ratmalana team consisted of Warrant Officer WMRP Fernando, Flight Sergeant Kumara ACCP, Sergeant Chandana RPM, Corporal Tharaka KK, LAC Wimalarathana MGPD, LAC Jayasooriya JRASM, Mr. SW kumar...
SLAF Taekwondo Team participated at the 3rd Korean Ambassadors  Kukkiwon Cup Taekwondo Championship 2017 at Sport Hostel Complex Gymnasium, Colombo 07 on 11, 12, 13 & 14 Nov 17 and final matches on 25 Nov 2017 at Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium.SLAF team secured overall championship along with men's and women's championships with 4 Gold, 2 Silver Medals. The Korean Ambassador of Sri ...