The Sri Lanka Air Force Excellence Awards 2018 was held at the Eagles’ Lagoon View Banquet Hall at Katunayake yesterday (19 March 2019) with the participation of the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Kapila Jayampathy. Outstanding performances of the men and women within the Air Force were recognized and appreciated in order to motivate them to strive for continued excellence.Bas...

The 20th Grand Slam Carrom Championship organized by the Carrom Federation of Sri Lanka (CFSL) was held from 16th to 18th March 2019 at CFSL Headquarters at Kohuwala.Corporal Udesh Chandima Perera won the Men’s Singles Title and Corporal Chalani Liyanage won the Women’s Singles Title. Further, Air Craftsman Dineth Perera secured 3rd Place in the Men’s Single category as well. ...

No 1 Air Defence Radar Squadron (ADRS) at SLAF Base Katunayake celebrated its 13th anniversary on 14 February 2019 under the guidance of the Commanding Officer, Wing Commander NP Udagedara. In view of the anniversary No 1 ADRS carried out social service activities and donated dry rations to a needy family in Kurana area on 11th March 2019.The anniversary celebration began with a parade a...

The Closing Ceremony of the 6th batch of the Finishing School was held at Auditorium at the SLAF Trade Training School Ekala yesterday (16 March 2019). Mrs. Anoma Jayampathy, the Chairperson of the Seva Vanitha Unit (SVU) graced the occasion as the Chief Guest and gave away the certificates and prizes. 19 participants including daughters of serving and retired service personnel and 16 yo...

The No 6 Helicopter Squadron celebrated its 26th Anniversary on 15th March 2019. The celebration included a number of Community Service Projects and religious ceremonies. The working parade was held on the 15th of March and was reviewed by the Commanding Officer, Wing Commander Priyamal Fernando.The Formation day was conducted with a multi-religious ceremony, an Inter Squadron Elle Tourn...

In celebration of the International Women’s Day 2019, a special programme was held on 11 March 2019 at SLAF Station Colombo.The programme was conducted by Miss. Surangi Kodithuwakki, and participants were briefed about the products of Off Marks and how to make them useful for ladies. In addition to that, a skin test and cleanup session was conducted by team of Alaris Group of Companies...

The Command Legal Department organized yet another lecture under the continuing legal education lecture series on the topic of “Procurement Guidelines and their Developments” for Logistics, Provost and Administrative Legal Officers of Tri Forces and other rank personnel of SLAF.The guest lecture was conducted by Mr. Viraj Dayaratne, President’s Counsel, Additional Solicitor General...

The Graduation Ceremony of the No 59 Junior Command and Staff Course was held at the Astra Hall at Sri Lanka Air Force Academy China Bay today (15th of March 2019).Air Vice Marshal KAL Ranathunga, the Director Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering graced the ceremony as the Chief Guest. Bangladesh Defence Attaché and delegates from the SL Army and Navy also witnessed the event a...

Taking into consideration the numerous requests made by servicemen and civil personnel, the Chairperson of  the SLAF Seva Vanitha Unit, Mrs. Anoma  Jayampathy took steps to provide assistances to a number of worthy cases.The following donations were handed over today (15th March 2019) at Seva Vanitha Unit, Air Force Headquarters, Colombo with the participation of the Chairperso...

The SLAF Hospital at Academy China Bay celebrated its 08th Anniversary yesterday (14th March 2019). The working parade was held on under the purview of the Commanding Officer, Wing Commander M Vethothayan. The Commanding Officer addressed the gathering and commended the staff for the contributions made to uplift the services provided to servicemen, servicewomen and civilian staff, and fo...

Sri Lanka Air Force Station Colombo won the Men's Championship while Sri Lanka Air Force Trade Training School Ekala won the Women's Championship at the Inter Unit Boxing Championship 2019 which concluded yesterday (14 March 2019) at the Indoor Stadium of Sri Lanka Air Force Base Katunayake.  Trade Training School Ekala and Station Colombo switched places to secure the runner up pos...

The Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Kapila Jayampathy commenced Commander’s Inspections for the year 2019 today (14 March 2019), with the inspection of SLAF Station Palaly.The Commander was received by the Commanding Officer, Group Captain SD Jayaweera and was accorded a guard of honour. The Inspection commenced with the new Station Headquarters building being declared open by ...

The Annual Sports Meet of the Defence Services College, Colombo was held under the auspices of the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Kapila Jayampathy yesterday (12 March 2019) at the Rifle Green Grounds. The Commander was received on his arrival by the Principle of the College, Ms. Dhammika Jayanetti and conducted to the main pavilion by the colourful procession made up of childre...

The Information Technology Wing at SLAF Base Ratmalana celebrated its 6th anniversary yesterday (11 March 2019) giving prominence to social services and religious activities. The Working Parade was held on the same day under the purview of the Commanding Officer, Squadron Leader MM Dharmaweera. Leading up to the occasion, on 5th March 2019 a Blood Donation Campaign was organised at ...

In commemoration of the International Women’s Day 2019, a Special Programme was held on 11 March 2019 at Defence Services College Auditorium, under the patronage of the Chairperson of the SLAF Seva Vanitha Unit, Mrs. Anoma Jayampathy.The programme was steered by Miss Surangi Kodithuwakku and the following events were presented on stage,Personal Grooming Programme by Mrs. Burni Balasuri...

The Mighty Mini Club of Sri Lanka conducted the “Festival of Minis 2019” on 10 March 2019, on F R Senanayake Mawatha in front of the Colombo Town Hall. Approximately 120 Minis were on show at this event. Although for the untrained eye most of the Minis would look similar, there were in fact eight distinct categories of Minis on display, starting from the early models of the 1950’s ...

The Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Kapila Jayampathy declared open the newly constructed Base Headquarters Building at SLAF Base Hingurakgoda on 2 March 2019. This Base Headquarters has been constructed under the concept of the Commander of the Air Force. The Chief of Staff, Air Vice Marshal DLS Dias, Members of the Air Force Board of Management, Base Commander SLAF Base Hingura...

A Grand Reception to mark the 68th Anniversary of the Sri Lanka Air Force was held at the Air Force Museum Main Hangar yesterday.  A distinguished gathering made up of past Commanders of the Air Force, Members of the Air Force Board of Management, Senior Air Force Officers both retired and serving, senior Warrant Officers, senior Non-Commissioned Officers and their families, mingled...

The Sri Lanka Air Force conducted the “Pichcha Mal Pooja” at Kelaniya Raja Maha Viharaya in view of the 68th Anniversary for the second consecutive year. The event was organized under the auspices of the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Kapila Jayampathy on 9 March 2019 by the Commanding Officer of SLAF Station Colombo, Air Commodore Waruna Gunawadana to invoke blessing on tho...

A newly constructed building was handed over by the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Kapila Jayampathy today (9 March 2019) to Mahakandiya Primary School, Uhana in view of the 68th Air Force Anniversary Celebrations.Construction work of the project was carried out by SLAF Station Ampara under the supervision of the Commander and the Directorate of Civil Engineering. The Handing Ov...

A new fully furnished four storied Accommodation Building for Airwomen was completed and declared open by the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Kapila Jayampathy today (9 March 2019) fulfilling a long felt requirement.This facility constructed under the supervision of Directorate of Civil Engineering is intended to accommodate Airwomen who are in the posted strength of the School a...