The Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Kapila Jayampathy declared open the newly constructed Holiday Home for Serving and Retired Other Ranks and an Abans Showroom today (21 December 2018) at SLAF Base Anuradhapura.The Holiday Home was designed and constructed by the Civil Engineering Wing of SLAF Base Katunayake, under supervision of the Director of Civil Engineering and Base Comma...

The Badge Awarding Ceremony of EOD Training School at SLAF Station Palavi for No 36 Officers, No 51 Airmen, No 11 Airwomen, No 27 Naval Personnel and No 1 Foreign Students Basic EOD Courses was held on 19 December 2018 at the parade square of SLAF Station Palavi. The Director Ground Operations, Air Vice Marshal KFR Fernando graced this occasion as the Chief Guest.The courses comprised of...

The Passing Out Parade of the No 12 and No 13 Regimental Special Force Basic Courses was held at Sri Lanka Air Force Station Morawewa today (20 December 2018). The founder of the Regimental Special Force, the Commander of Sri Lanka Air Force, Air Marshal Kapila Jayampathy graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. The Chief of Staff, Air Vice Marshal Sumangla Dias, members of the ...

International Practical Shooting Confederation Handgun Nationals -2018 organized by the National Rifle Association was held from 29 November to 02 December 2018 at the SL Army Firing Range, Panaluwa. More than 208 top Shooters from 08 Shooting Clubs in the island including Army, Navy and Police participated at this major Championship.15 male shooters and 13 female shooters from the SLAF ...

Sri Lanka Air Force Academy China Bay and SLAF Station Colombo emerged as Men's and Women's Champions respectively at the Inter Unit Athletic Championship 2018, which was held on 18 December 2018 at SLAF Base Katunayake.SLAF Station Colombo and SLAF Academy China Bay became Men's and Women's runner up respectively at the championship.Officer Cadet Perera KIK from the Air Force Academy Ch...

SLAF Station Koggala Air Scout Troop conducted the Annual Troop Camp at Hapugala Maha Vidyalaya, Hapugala from 15 to 17 December 2018 under the guidance of Group Captain JAPS Jayawardena, the Chief Group Scout Master of SLAF Air Scouting and supervision of Flight Lieutenant DHS Wijesinghe, the Group Scout Master of SLAF Station Koggala. 158 Air Scouts and 08 Air Scout Masters attended fo...

Group Captain PAV Samantha handed over the command of No 7 Squadron at Sri Lanka Air Force Base Hingurakgoda to Wing Commander PDSS Gunawardane yesterday(18th December 2018). The traditional “Handing over Taking over” parade was conducted and was commanded by Squadron Leader HDTS Wijayasiriwardane at the Squadron premises....

The Air Force Scholarship Awards Ceremony was held yesterday (18 December 2018) at AFHQ Auditorium under the patronage of the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Kapila Jayampathy and the Chairperson of the SLAF Seva Vanitha Unit, Mrs. Anoma Jayampathy. The annual scholarship scheme is intended to support selected students from Grade 5 up to the G.C.E. A/L examination. A total of 46 ...

The 13th of June 2014 marked the last flight of MI-24 Attack Helicopters and its last ground run was performed on the 21st of May 2015 respectively. With the rising requirement of maintaining the competence and hands on skills of the technical crew, the squadron decided to perform the ground runs on MI-24.The decision to perform ground runs was taken after a series of comprehensive studi...

Tech Formations Team at SLAF Base Ratmalana emerged as the Champions while SLAF Station Bandaranayke International Airport became Runners Up at the Inter Unit Bodybuilding Championship 2018 which was concluded at the Trade Training School Ekala yesterday (17 December 2018).Director Logistics, Air Vice Marshal HMSKB Kotakadeniya graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. Chairman...

A Medical campaign and distribution of several donated items to the civil community was carried out at Giriulla and Narammala areas as a Community Service Project of the Sri Lanka Air Force Seva Vanitha Unit under the guidance of the Commander of Air Force, Air Marshal Kapila Jayampathy and the Chairperson of the SLAF Seva Vanitha Unit, Mrs. Anoma Jayampathy yesterday (17 December 2018)....

Sri Lanka Air Force Women's Volleyball Team won their fourth consecutive National Volleyball Championship defeating SL Army 3 sets to nil. The tournament was held at the National Youth Services Council Indoor Stadium, Maharagama on 16 December 2018. Member of Parliament and the President of the Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation Mr. Ranjith Siyambalapitiya graced the event as the Chief Gues...

A one day workshop was conducted between SLAF Air Surveillance Team of Directorate of Air Intelligence and Central Environmental Authority Officials on 14th December 2018 at the Central Environmental Authority (CEA) Auditorium, Battaramulla. The session was inaugurated by the Chairman of Central Environmental Authority, Mr.Chandrarathne Pallegama. Key Speakers were Dr. Manju Gunawardana,...

Air Force Christmas Carols 2018, organized and presented by the Seva Vanitha Unit of the Sri Lanka Air Force was held at the Defence Services School Auditorium today (14 December 2018). The event featured Mr. Eshantha de Andrado conducting the choir made up of Air Force personnel and family members. The Air Force Band provided the musical backing.Secretary of Defence Mr. Hemasiri Fernand...

“Weather Buddy” Weather Station is an Automated Weather Station which consist of six (6) sensors namely Wind Direction, Wind Speed, Temperature, Pressure, Humidity and Rain Gauge. It is capable of transferring real time weather data to the indoor data receiving unit wirelessly. Further, weather details are uploaded to the internet server to enable the access of weather details anywhe...

Sri Lanka Air force Academy China Bay emerged as Men's and Women's Champions at the Inter Unit Wushu Championship 2018 which was concluded on the 12th of December 2018 at the Indoor Stadium of SLAF Base Katunayake. SLAF Regiment Training School Vanni became Men's Runners Up whilst SLAF Trade Training School Ekala became Women's Runner Up at the Championship.The Base Commander of SLAF Bas...

The fourth workshop for SLAF Pre-school Teachers for the year 2018 was conducted at the Old Conference Hall, AFHQ on 12 December 2018 from 0900 hrs to 1600 hrs. This was conducted in collaboration with the Directorate of Welfare and the SLAF Seva Vanitha Unit. The workshop was conducted by Technical Adviser, Mrs. Violet Siriwardene, with the participation of all pre-school teachers of th...

SLAF ‘Unifight’ players as part of the Sri Lankan National Team, Leading Aircraftman Senevirathna ASCD and Leading Aircraftman Lakmal W who took part in the second Indian International Grappling Championship 2018 won the third and fourth place respectively, under 92 Kg and 66 Kg categories.The championship was held from 04 December to 10 December 2018 in New Delhi, India. P...

The Graduation Ceremony of Course No. 12 of the Defence Services Command and Staff College Sapugaskanda was held at the Main Auditorium of DSCSC today (12th December 2018).  His Excellency the President, Maithripala Sirisena graced the occasion as the Chief Guest.A total of 136 officers comprising of 68 Army, 27 Navy, 27 Air Force and 14 foreign student officers graduated on this oc...

The Sri Lanka Air Force, under the leadership and initiative of the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Kapila Jayampathy, conducted Sri Lanka’s first ever ‘Seed Bombing’ operation in Nochchiagama this morning.The SLAF has been actively involved in a number of efforts to restore the forest cover of Sri Lanka. The involvement of the SLAF in the pioneering Seed Bombing Project is...

The Chairperson of the SLAF Seva Vanitha Unit, Mrs. Anoma Jayampathy accepted five (05) wheel chairs and five (05) Juki machines donated by the Colombo Capital City Lions Club today (11 December 2018) at the Seva Vanitha Unit, AFHQ Colombo. Further, taking into consideration numerous requests made by servicemen and civil personnel, the Commander of Air Force, Air Marshal Kapila Jayampath...