Air Force News
4:02pm on Monday 16th November 2015
Sri Lanka Air Force and Army men's Handball Teams won the joint champions and SLAF women's team emerged the women's championships at 'Aqua Vida' Beach Sports Festival 2015 concluded on 14th November 2015.‘Aqua Vida’ was organized by Clearmark Holdings and The SLAF men’s and women's Handball teams displayed excellent skills and managed to grab the championship with a clinical perfor...
10:46pm on Friday 13th November 2015
Sri Lanka Air Force CTS Vanni and SLAF Station Colombo won the Men’s and Women’s Championships respectively, at the Inter Unit Volleyball championships 2015 concluded  today (13 November 2015) at Air Force Health Management Centre, Thummulla.  SLAF Station Palaly  and SLAF Base Ratmalana became the Men’s and Women’s runners up. The Commander of the Air Force A...
3:21pm on Friday 13th November 2015
SLAF Base Anuradhapura celebrated its 33rd anniversary on 11 November 2015 under the guidance of the Group Captain VB Edirisinghe.The base personnel engaged in “Shramadana program” at the St Joseph’s Church at Anuradhapura, Isurumuniya Temple at Anuradhapura and Riancy Alagiyawanna Blind and Deaf School at Anuradhapura leading up to the day proper. Activities on the day included an...
5:48pm on Thursday 12th November 2015
The sixth formation day of Hospital SLAF Base Ratmalana was celebrated on 11 Nov 2015. In commemoration of this event, ‘Shramadhana’ campaign and medical clinic was held at the Yasodaradevi girls orphanage on 6th November 2015 and the medical clinic, ‘Shramadhana’ campaign and ‘Dhana’ was conducted for debilitated inhabitants at the ‘Subodhi’ elders home at Ratmalna on 9t...
5:47pm on Thursday 12th November 2015
An all-night Pirith Chanting Ceremony followed by an almsgiving was held at SLAF Station Mirigama on 09th and 10th November 2015, under the guidance of the Commanding Officer Group Captain SCK Pallawela.A colorful procession was organized along with traditional dances and other cultural items by the service personnel to accompany the religious relics and the Buddhist monks to the Pirith ...
10:54am on Thursday 12th November 2015
An all-night Pirith chanting ceremony followed by an almsgiving was held at SLAF Station Katukurunda on 5th and 6th November 2015 under the patronage of the Commanding Officer SLAF Station Katukurunda, Wing Commander Mohan Balasuriya.  The ceremony was held to invoke blessings on occupation of renovated Station Headquarters building and to commemorate 31 years of SLAF Station Katuku...
4:39pm on Wednesday 11th November 2015
The First Contingent of SLAF Personnel, numbering 121 personnel who formed the Force Aviation Unit under the United Nations helicopter deployment in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) arrived in Sri Lanka earlier today (10 Nov 15),on completion of a 14 month tenure. They were replaced by a fresh contingent who left the shores of Sri Lanka a few days previously.  Senior officers ...
11:09am on Tuesday 10th November 2015
Sri Lanka Air Force Base Ratmalana became both Men’s and Women’s champions at the Inter Unit Wushu Championship concluded on 09 November 2015 at the AFHMC, Thummulla.Sri Lanka Air Force Base Katunayake Regiment wing became Men's runners up and Sri Lanka Air Force Base Ratmalana Tech Formation became women's runner up at the Championship.The Commander of the Air Force Air Marshal Gaga...
8:30pm on Monday 9th November 2015
SLAF Station Cbo ,SLAF Station Bcl and SLAF Base Rma became joint champions at the Inter Unit Billiard Tournament 2015 held at SLAF Station Diyatalawa Billiard Room on 6 November 2015.SLAF Base Hin, SLAF Base Ahp and SLAF Base Kat became joint runner up at the tournament.Commanding Officer SLAF CTS Diyatalawa, Air Commodore DJC Weerakoon graced the occasion as the chief guest, while Offi...
12:28pm on Monday 9th November 2015
The Executive Committee Meeting of the Defence Services Sports Board(DSSB) was held at the Commander s' board room today (09 Nov 15).The Commander of the Air Force, and present President, DSSB, Air Marshal Gagan Bulathsinghala chaired the meeting  and the Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Crishantha De Silva, Commander of the Navy,Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne and membe...
11:20am on Monday 9th November 2015
The annual changing of personnel of the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) Aviation Unit under the United Nations helicopter deployment in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) departed the country early hours today (9 Nov 15). The contingent of 94 personnel departed to Central Africa from Bandaranaike International Airport.  Senior officers of the Air Force and the family m...
10:32am on Monday 9th November 2015
Sri Lanka Ex- Servicemen's Association (SLESA) honoured all fallen War Heroes, including those in the World Wars during a fitting ceremony that commemorated the Poppy Day - 2015 at the Vihara Maha Devi Park cenotaph on Sunday (08 Nov 15).Secretary to the Ministry of Defence Eng. Karunasena Hettiarachchi graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. The Commander of the Air Force, Air...
8:25am on Saturday 7th November 2015
Sri Lanka Air Force Fire Fighters carried out a Fire Evacuation drill at Development Holdings Private Limited Colombo this evening (06th November 2015). During the demonstration the SLAF firemen demonstrated several rescue tactics such as Aerial rope rescue and also operating and using of ‘Jumping Sheet’ which was placed on the ground. 31 SLAF personnel participated in th...
10:23pm on Friday 6th November 2015
The “English Language Day 2015” of the Sri Lanka Air Force was held on 6th November 2015 at the Auditorium of the SLAF TTS Ekala. This was organized by the Language Unit of SLAF TTS Ekala for the seventh consecutive year. The “Annual English Language Day” is conducted with the objective of enriching the professional standard of English Knowledge of both Officers...
10:14am on Wednesday 4th November 2015
The Sri Lanka Air Force Seva Vanitha Unit donated a Computer to “Bosath Lama Nivasaya” at Hingurakgoda on a request made by the matron of the orphanage. The computer was ceremonially presented to the institute under the patronage of Chairperson SLAF Seva Vanitha Unit Mrs. Samanthi Bulathsinghala today, 3 November 15 at the orphanage premises. In addition, Dry ration items were also d...
1:25pm on Tuesday 3rd November 2015
The Sri Lanka Air Force Cyber Security Operation Center, received the Gold and Bronze awards for the Best Hackers at the Hacking challenge 2015 organized by the Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team  (SLCERT)at a ceremony held at the BMICH, today (03 November 2015). A contest for IT professionals to test their information security skills in finding out vulnerabilit...
11:41am on Tuesday 3rd November 2015
SLAF Station Palavi celebrated its 8th formation day under the guidance of Commanding Officer Wing Commander Nishantha Priyadarshana together with all officers, other ranks and the civilian staff on 1st November 2015.Coinciding with the formation day, a multi religious ceremony was also held in order to invoke blessings for the Commander of the Air Force, SLAF Station Palavi, those who l...
2:57pm on Monday 2nd November 2015
The Sri Lanka Air Force Cyclist Naveen Ruchira emerged Champions at the National Cycling Championship concluded on Saturday (31st October 2015) at  Anuradhapura. The 2nd and 3rd places of the race were secured by the Jeewan Jayasinghe and Vajira Pushpakumara also of the SLAF respectively.The main event, elite men's time trial final, was secured by Dane Nugera of  Sri Lanka Air ...
5:17pm on Saturday 31st October 2015
The 3rd  Golf Course in the Sri Lanka Air Force, “Eagles’ Catalina Golf Club” was declared open today (31 October  2015)  by the Commander of the Air force Air Marshal Gagan Bulathsinghala  at Sri Lanka Air Force Station Koggala.Adding to the growing list of golf courses around the country, this nine hole golf course, is the SLAF’s third course, joining the Ea...
2:46pm on Saturday 31st October 2015
The 37th  Base Day of SLAF Base Vavuniya  was celebrated on 27th October 2015. To commemorate the  Day a community service project  and recreational activities were organized under the guidance of the Base Commander Group Captain RAUP Rajapaksa together with all Officers, other ranks and the civilian staff.The Base Day celebrations commenced with the morning parade ta...
6:59pm on Friday 30th October 2015
The Commander of the Air Force Air Marshal Gagan Bulathsinghala conducted the Annual Inspection at SLAF Base Anuradhapura today (30 October 2015). The Commander reviewed the parade which was commanded by the Base Commander Group Captain VB Edirisinghe.Certificates of Commendation were awarded during the parade to 19034 F/Sgt Bandara TAS (CS & SMW), 19889 Sgt Wickramasinghe WAS ( Ops ...
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