The Certificate Awarding Ceremony for the trainees of the No 28 Disaster Management First Response Course was held at the Disaster Management School, Sri Lanka Air Force Station, Mullaitivu on 29 December 2019. The Commanding Officer of the SLAF Regiment Training School Vanni, Air Commodore KKAK Kaluarachchi graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. The Commanding Officer of SLAF Station M...

Fifty Two sports men and women  who brought honor and fame to the Sri Lanka Air Force and Sri Lanka with their winning performances at the 13th South Asian Games 2019 were felicitated by the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sumangala Dias at a ceremony held today (30 December 2019) at Air Force Headquarters in Colombo. Sri Lanka won 251 medals in total at the 13th South Asian...

Sri Lanka Air Force Women's Volleyball Team won their fifth consecutive National Volleyball Championship by defeating Sri Lanka Navy 3 sets to nil.This year’s Air Force Team was captained by Leading Aircraftwoman Jayathunga WAC who is the captain of the National Women’s Volleyball Team.The tournament was held at the National Youth Services Council Indoor Stadium, Maharagama on 28 Dec...

The Commander of the Air Force Air Marshal Sumangala Dias participated in the Special Cashew Tree Planting Programme conducted by the Command Agro Unit to enhance the cashew production in the country today (28 December 2019).The Base Commander of SLAF Base Katunayake, Air Commodore Sampath Thuyacontha, Command Agro Officer, Air Commodore Suharshie Fernando and other Officers were present...

The NCO Management School at the SLAF Academy China Bay held the Certificate Awarding Ceremony of the No. 9 English Medium and No.80 Sinhala Medium Non Commissioned Officers’ Management Courses yesterday (27 December 2019). Air Vice Marshal MRK Samarasinghe, the Director Civil Engineering of the Air Force graced the event as the Chief Guest. The primary objective of conducting these co...

Troops from SLAF Base Katunayake conducted a cleaning programme along the coastal belt from the Browns Beach area, Negombo under the directives of the Base Commander SLAF Base Katunayake, Air Commodore HSS Thuiyacontha yesterday (26 December 2019).  During the programme, Air Force troops were able to clean the entire beach area from Browns Beach  towards Negombo. Public Health ...

Under the directives of the Director Logistics and the Director Training of Sri Lanka Air Force, a Refresher Course for the Catering Assistants was conducted and concluded at the Hospitality Management School of SLAF Station Sigiriya. The training programme commenced on 16 December 2019 and concluded on 24 December 2019. 10 Catering Assistants participated for the training programme repr...

The Women’s Team of Sri Lanka Air Force won the National Wrestling Championship for the fourth consecutive year. The SLAF Men’s Team became 2nd Runners Up as well. The National Wrestling Championship 2019 was held at the Torrington New Gymnasium in Colombo from 21 December to 23 December 2019.The Women's Team won 6 Gold, 5 Silver and 3 Bronze medals. The Men’s Team won 4 Gold, 1 Si...

Sri Lanka Air Force Women's “A” and “B” Teams emerged as Champions and Runners-up respectively at the National Beach Volleyball Championship 2019 organized by the Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation. The event was conducted at the Public Beach Park in Negombo on 22 December 2019.Air Force Beach Volleyball players were able to secure the Open Men’s Runner up and the Under 25 Men’s...

"53rd Moratuwa Piliyandala District Camp & Rally" was held at SDS Jayasinghe School Grounds - Dehiwala from the 19th to the 22nd of December 2019. Event was organized by the Moratuwa Piliyandala District Branch of Sri Lanka Scout Association.80 Air Scouts and 06 Air Scout Leaders participated and excelled in the following talents during the event.Best Troop Log Book  -  2nd...

Troops from the SLAF Combat Training School in Diyatalawa were deployed earlier today to clear an area of railway track in the Ellethota Area. A 10 man team led by Flying Officer Kahalla was deployed to the area on a request received from the Railway department. The clearance was done within a very short period and Train movements were restored. ...

The Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy, Admiral Karambir Singh called on the Commander of the Air Force at Air Force Headquarters this morning (20 December 2019).The Chief of Naval Staff was received by the Commanding Officer of SLAF Station Colombo, Air Vice Marshal CB Labrooy where he was accorded a guard of honour. Thereafter, Admiral Singh was conducted to the Air Se...

Fire and Rescue Services in SLAF together with Hashima City Fire Department (Japan) successfully conducted a fire and rescue training programme at the Fire School and Fire Tender Maintenance Squadron at SLAF Base Katunayake from the 18th to the 19th of December 2019. Coordination was done by Japan Lanka Friendship Association and the following two fire experts from Japan conducted the se...

Hospitality, generosity, sharing together, spending time with family and friends and helping those less fortunate are all amazing ways of celebrating the "Magique of Christmas". The Sri Lanka Air Force Seva Vanitha Unit under the close guidance of its Chairperson, Mrs. Mayuri Prabhavi Dias did just that at the Eagles’ Lakeside Banquet and Convention Hall at Attidiya last night (19 Dece...

The Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sumangala Dias awarded four (4) Flight Engineer Brevets, three (3) Fighter Controller Badges, three (3) certificates of Commendations and three (3) prizes for the winner of the Flights Safety Poster Competition 2019 at AFHQ today (19 December 2019).Recipients of the Flight Engineer BrevetsSquadron Leader       BS Gamage...

The Director General of the Department of Civil Security, Rear Admiral Ananda Peiris, paid a courtesy call on the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sumangala Dias at Air Force Headquarters yesterday (18 December 2019). After a discussion on matters of mutual interest, the Commander and the visiting Director General exchanged mementos to mark the occasion....

The Seva Vanitha Unit of SLAF Station Colombo organized a visit to Ward No. 03 of National Institute of Mental Health, Half-Way Home Mulleriyawa on the 17th of December 2019 under the guidance of the Chairperson of Sri Lanka Air Force Seva Vanitha Unit, Mrs. Mayuri Prabhavi Dias.During the event, numerous essential commodities were donated to the inmates with entertainment activities fol...

A special programme on “Olympism and Olympic Movement Sustainable Leadership Through Sports” for Sports Administrators of SLAF was organized by the Air Force Sports Council in coloration with Directorate of Sports at the Air Force Headquarters Auditorium yesterday (16 December 2019). Olympism refers to the philosophy of the Olympic Games. Excellence, Respect and friendship are the th...

A three day training programme for the trainees of the SL Army Disaster Management Course was held at the Disaster Management Training School, Sri Lanka Air Force Station, Mullaitivu from 7th to 12th December 2019.This is the first time Army trainees participated in an Air Force Disaster Management Training and the three day training progamme focused on Introduction to Air Force, SLAF’...

The 2nd Open Archery Championship organized by the Sri Lanka Archery Association was held from 13 December to 15 December 2019 at the Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium, Homagama. Top Archers representing 10 Archery Clubs in the country including Army, Navy and Police participated at this major Championship.SLAF won 2 Gold, 3 Silver and 3 Bronze medals at the Championship.Following are the medals...

Under Community Service Projects, the Seva Vanitha Unit of SLAF Base Vauniya, hosted a charity programme under the patronage and guidance of the Base Commander, Air Commodore LH Sumanaweera, on 14 December 2019 to donate the entire stationary requirement of 156 underprivileged students of the Mahakachchakkodiya Primary School for the upcoming year.Continuing the tradition of benevolence ...