A 15-member delegation of 55th course of the Indian National Defence College (NDC) comprising senior Officers of Tri-Services from UK, New Zealand, USA, Nepal, Thailand who are currently on their Strategic Neighborhood Study Tour to Sri Lanka, visited the Sri Lanka Air Force Headquarters on 25 August 2015. The delegation was headed by Maj Gen Rakesh Prathap Sing Bhaduria the Se...

The Ray award 2015, organized by the Ray Wijewardene Charitable Trust, was held on 24 August 15 at the Balmoral, Kingsbury.This is organized in order to honour one of the greatest catalysts and inventors Sri Lanka had ever seen, Deshamanya Vidya Jyothi Dr Philip Revatha "Ray" Wijewardene. The Ray Wijewardene Charitable Trust (RWCT) was established in early 2011 to promote Dr....

An all-night pirith chanting ceremony followed by an almsgiving was held at SLAF Station Batticaloa on 21st  and 22nd August 2015 on the guidance of the Commanding Officer Wing Commander Buddika Piyasiri. Religious blessings were invoked on the fallen heroes who made the supreme sacrifice in defence of our motherland and those who died whilst on active service in this Station, and a...

A Multidisciplinary Mobile Dental programme was conducted at SLAF Stn Mow on 19th and 21st August 2015. This is the Seventh programme of the series of Multidisciplinary Mobile Dental programmes planned by the Directorate of Dental Services. The purpose of this programme is to provide efficient and effective dental care for service personnel of the SLAF where there is no adequate Oral Hea...

The Air Force Commander Air Marshal Gagan Bulathsinghala and Mrs. Samanthi Bulathsinghala hosted the former Commanders of the Air Force for a fellowship reception followed by dinner at the Air House on 21st August 2015. This was the first such instance that all former Chiefs of the Air Force congregated under one roof and especially at the Official residence which they once resided durin...

Sri Lanka Air Force Station Colombo (Men’s) and Sri Lanka Air Force Base Ratmalana (Women’s) emerged champions in the Inter Unit Athletics Championship 2015, which was held on 20th and 21st August  2015 at SLAF Base Katunayake. Pilot Officer Koswatte DNML  was awarded the Lakshman De Alwis Challenge Trophy for  the Best Male Athlete whilst  LAC ...

A Dharma Deshana programme presided over by the Venerable Talalle Chandakitthi thero was held at SLAF Headquarters on 19 August 2015. The Commander of the Air Force Air Marshal  Gagan Bulathsinghala , members from the Air Force Board of Management, Senior Officers, Other Ranks and Civilians participated in the  programme. ...

A special conference between all Academy/Bases/Stations representatives and the Commander of the Air Force Air Marshal Gagan Bulathsinghala was  held at the AFHQ auditorium on 19 Aug 15.The discussion focused on measures that can be taken to improve the living and working standards of the SLAF personnel.  A high level of enthusiasm was observed in the participants who expressed...

A number of Defence attaches of foreign missions in Sri Lanka paid visits to Air Force Headquarters recently and met with the Commander of the Air Force Air Marshal Gagan Bulathsinghala.Captain Prakash Gopalan, Defence Attaché for the High Commission of India made a courtesy call on the Commander on 29 June 2015.Colonel Ebrahim Rohani, Military Attaché, Embassy of the Islamic Republic ...

Squadron Leader Jayasinghe Pathiranahelage Sampath Priyalal (02471) expired on 15 August 15 due to sudden illness.Sampath joined the SLAF in the Administrative Regiment branch during the year 2002 as a member of the 41st Intake of Officer Cadets and was commissioned as a Pilot Officer in 2003. The 35 year old officer had served at various Air Force establishments and had also qualified a...

The SLAF Soccerites playing Saunders SC in the Dialog Champions League Soccer tournament settled for a nil all draw this evening (15 August 2015) at Sri Lanka Air Force Base Katunayake. The teams were well matched and played well from the kick off the game, and the scores remained nil all till the whistle blow off denoting the end of the match....

SLAF women’s Cricketers became runners up at the Women's Division  I Inter Club Cricket finals at Colts  grounds today (13 August 2015).Air Force SC  and  Navy SC entered the final and  Navy SC won the championship beating Air Force by 6 wickets. Air force SC were all out for 86 in 32 overs , and victorious Navy Sc reached the target at 23rd over of their innin...

The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) official website, www.airforce.lk received the gold award for the Most Popular Website-Special Category (Government) and the Silver award in the Government Category at the Best Web Competition 2015 at a ceremony held at the Kingsbury, Colombo, on 13th August 2015. In the government category www.parliament.lk (the Parliament of Sri Lanka) received the Gold A...

The SLAF Hospital Colombo celebrated its 01st anniversary on 12 August 2015 with an alms-giving ceremony at hospital premises SLAF ‘Guwanpura’.The Director Health Services Air Cdre DMS Karunaratne and all staff of the SLAF Hospital Colombo participated in the event. ...

The 48th Men's  & 13th  Women's  National Weight Lifting Championship was held on 11th and 12th August 2015 at the the Sports Development Hostel Building, Colombo -07. The Air Force lifters bagged 6 gold and 6 silver medals at the championship. LAC Wikramasinghe WMAS established two Sri Lankan records , one in clean and jerk reaching 88Kg and for her total weight ...

The much awaited 3-day ‘Aviation Fundamentals for Beginners’ workshops for school children commenced at the Air Force Museum for the August holiday season.A total of 360 students are expected to participate in the series of workshops.The 1st workshop was conducted from the 3rd to the 5th of August 2015 to impart basic knowledge on aircraft and aviation related fields to the...

The first of the approved symbolic qualification insignia of the Defence Services Command and Staff College was pinned on the Commander of the Air Force Air Marshal Gagan Bulathsinghala by the Commandant of DSCSC , Maj Gen GVDUA Perera at Air Force Headquarters today.All Officers of the Army, Navy and Air Force who have successfully completed and obtained ‘Pass Staff College’ status ...

The Annual SLAF Islamic Religious Ceremony was held at the Kollupitiya  Jummah Mosque on 10th August  2015.The officiating Mowlavi invoked blessings and prayed to almighty Allah on behalf of the souls of all brave men and woman of the Sri Lanka Air force who made the supreme sacrifice in defence of our motherland, those who died whilst on active service and the families left be...

A thrilling encounter between SLAF Base Ratmalana and SLAF Station Colombo terminated the Inter Unit Rugby Championship of the Sri Lanka Air Force after a tough series of intense competition in which 15 teams from different SLAF Bases and Stations scattered around the Island rubbed their shoulders for supremacy. The long fight ended with the crowning of SLAF Station Colombo as the Inter ...

The Commander of the Air Force Air Marshal Gagan Bulathsinghala conducted the Annual Inspection of SLAF Station Bandaranayake International Airport on 7th August 2015 ( afternoon).The Commanding Officer, Group Captain HN Abeysinghe received the Commander who was afforded a street lining on his arrival.On conclusion of the inspection, the Commander addressed all ranks of the Station and p...

The Commander of the Air Force Air Marshal Gagan Bulathsinghala conducted the Annual Inspection of SLAF Station Palavi  on  7th August 2015.Commanding Officer Wing commander GSN Priyadarshana  received the Commander on his arrival and a Street Lining was accorded the Commander. During the inspection The Commander declared open the newly constructed 38 Regiment Wing and ren...