A 15 member Air Force Volleyball team will visit Bangladesh to participate in a friendly volleyball tournament with Bangladesh Air Force under the Sport Exchange Programme from 03 to 09 Sep 2018.The Director Sport of the SLAF Air Commodore IK Weerarathne, Team Coach, Assistant Coach and 12 players will be participating for this visit. This is the first occasion that an SLAF Volleyball Te...

The Monthly Dharma Deshana programme was held on 29 August 2018 at Air Force Headquarters, presided over by Ven. Kirioruwe Dhammananda Thero. Director Welfare, Air Vice Marshal PDA Mariestella, senior officers, other ranks and civilians participated in the programme....

Under the direction of the Director of Logistics of SLAF, Air Vice Marshal HMSKB Kotakadeniya and under the supervision of the Commanding Officer SLAF Station Sigiriya, Wing Commander Chinthaka Alwis, the Certificate Awarding Ceremony of Catering Assistants and Ground Stewards Advanced Course (01/2018) was held at the Hospitality Management School, Sri Lanka Air Force Station, Sigiriya o...

The Air Force Colours Night 2018, was held today (28 August 2018) at a gala ceremony at the Eagle's Lakeside Banquet and Convention Hall. The Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Kapila Jayampathy graced the occasion as the Chief Guest.The Air Force Colour Night is an acknowledgement of the achievements of the sports personalities in the Sri Lanka Air Force. These achievements are the...

A 14 -member delegation of Indian National Defence College (NDC) visited the Sri Lanka Air Force Headquarters today (28 August 2018). The delegation was led by Maj Gen SC Mohanty, along with Officers who are currently on their Study Tour to Sri Lanka.The head of the delegation, Maj Gen SC Mohanty called on Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Kapila Jayampathy where symbolic m...

The Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Kapila Jayampathy handed over a donation of 1 Million Rupees to the Heart to Heart Trust Fund today (27 August 2018) at Air Force Headquarters. Dr. Ruvan Ekanayake a Co-Founder of the Trust accepted the donation from the Commander.  Lieutenant General Jagath Dias (Retired), National Organizer of Trust Fund and Dr. Rajitha Y De Silva a Co-F...

Taking into consideration numerous requests made by servicemen and civil personnel, the Commander of Air Force, Air Marshal Kapila Jayampathy and the Chairperson of the SLAF Seva Vanitha Unit (SVU), Mrs. Anoma Jayampathy took steps to provide assistance to a number of worthy causes. A Portable Machine was provided for Mr. Ferdi Perera (Labourer) of SLAF Station Colombo, while a Juki Mach...

‘EXERCISE PACIFIC ANGEL’ the joint/combined humanitarian assistance mission sponsored by US Pacific Command (USPACOM) designed to bring humanitarian civic assistance (HCA) and civil-military operations (CMO) to areas in need in the Pacific region conducted from 6 to 20 August 2018 in Vavuniya, Anuradhapura and Sigiriya areas, concluded today (20 August 2018) at Alagalla School,Vavuni...

The Mino Ono Lions Club of Japan handed over a Nissan Ambulance and a Fire Vehicle to the SLAF at a ceremony held at AFHQ today (20 August 2018). The delegation ceremonially handed over the vehicles to the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Kapila Jayampathy during the colourful ceremony.A special cultural programme was held at the AFHQ auditorium in appreciation of the donation, wi...

The Flying Instructors’ Workshop 2018 commenced as per the initiative of the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Kapila Jayampathy with the guidance of the Director Air Operations, Air Vice Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana.The event was organized and held at the No 1 Flying Training Wing from 18 to 19 August 2018, where all the Flying Instructors had tasted their first flight. All flyi...

Layton Cup Boxing Championship-2018 organized by the Sri Lanka Boxing Federation was conducted from 14 August 2018 to 18 August 2018 at ROYAL- MAS Arena, Royal College,Colombo-07. More than 150 competitors representing Sri Lanka Boxing Federation affiliated clubs including SL Army, SL Navy, SL Air Force and SL Police took part in this Championship. Sri Lanka Air Force Bo...

The finals of the Inter Unit Swimming and Waterpolo Championship 2018 was held on 17th August 2018 at the Sri Lanka Air Force Base Ratmalana. Over 200 Airmen and Airwomen representing all Air Force bases, stations and units took part in various events which were held from 14th to 17th August 2018.SLAF Academy China Bay emerged the men’s and women’s champions in the Inter Unit Sw...

The Media Day of the Exercise Pacific Angel too place at the Alagalle School in Vavuniya , today(17 Aug 2018)PACANGEL is an annual joint humanitarian assistance and disaster relief engagement that includes general health, dental, optometry, pediatrics, and engineering programs, as well as various subject-matter expert exchanges.  From its commencement this year on the 6th of August,...

The Inter Unit Drill and Band Competition and the selection of the Best Drill Instructor 2018, was successfully concluded on17 August 2018 at the SLAF Base Katunayake Parade Square.Over 23 teams representing all SLAF establishments took part in the drill competition from which three teams, one from SLAF Base Katunayake, one from SLAF Station Bandaranayake International Airport (BIA) and ...

The British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Hon, James Dauris paid a courtesy call on the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Kapila Jayampathy at Air Force Headquarters today (16th August 2018). A cordial discussion was held between the Commander and the British High Commissioner on matters of bilateral and mutual interest. Mementoes were also exchanged to mark the occasion....

Thirty - Two Sportsmen and women of the Sri Lanka Air Force, consisting of 29 players and 3 officials, have been selected to represent Sri Lanka at the 18th Asian Games to be held in Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018. Sri Lanka Air Force players including the Captain of National Hockey team Leading Aircraftman Weerasooriya PGLG and others will represent the nation at a Athleti...

An English Language Skills Development Programme for Pre-school teachers for year 2018 was conducted at Old Conference Hall, Air Force Headquarters on 15th August 2018 in collaboration with the Directorate of Welfare and Sri Lanka Air Force Seva Vanitha Unit.The workshop was conducted by Professor R. Chandrasoma PhD(UTS), visiting Professor of English, University of Jayawardenapura with ...

Sri Lanka Air Force Women’s Basketball Team  emerged Champions  beating Sri Lanka Army by 43-30 at the  Defence  Services Basketball Championship 2018. The Final was held on 14 August 2018 at Outdoor Basketball Court Sri Lanka Navy Base Gemunu, Welisara . Rear Admiral Piyal de Silva, Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Navy, graced the ceremony as Chief Guest. Chairman ...

The Annual Colombo Camporee 2018 was organized by Sri Lanka Scout Association, Colombo District Branch and was held at Viharamahadevi Park Colombo from 09th to 14th August 2018.52 Air Scouts and 08 Air Scout Masters participated and displayed their exceptional capabilities during all events at Colombo Camporee. Further Sri Lanka Air Force Air Scout Troop became Volley boll Champions duri...

The Aero Engineering Support Wing (ASW) at Sri Lanka Air Force Ratmalana Celebrated its 9th anniversary on 13th August 2018 under the guidance of Commanding Officer Group Captain S Witharana. To commemorate the formation day, a Shramadhana campaign was organized at the Subodhi Welfare Center for Senior Citizens at Ratmalana and medicine items and dry rations were donated with the partici...

The Women’s Wrestling Team of Sri Lanka Air Force emerged as unbeaten champions for the third consecutive year while the Men’s Team became Runners Up at the Defence Services Wrestling Championship 2018 which was held at the Sports Arena at Sri Lanka Naval Base Welisara from 10 August to 13 August 2018. SLAF Women Wrestlers won Six Gold medals, Seven Silver medals and Two Bronze medal...