A ceremony to award UN Medals to Sri Lankan peacekeepers serving in United Nations Stabilization Mission in Republic of Haiti (MINUSTAH) was held at the Sri Lankan Battalion Head Quarters in Leogane, Haiti on 20th December 2011.The Deputy Special Representative to the Secretary General (SRSG) Mr. Nigel Fisher, Acting Force Commander, Major General Felicio De Los Santos, Defence attache o...

The families of Officers and Airmen of SLAF Station Palaly arrived on 15th and 16th December 2011 by Sri Lanka Air Force Aircraft and by bus in order to visit Jaffna Peninsula and to attend Annual Get-together and Children’s Party. The children party was held in the Hanger at SLAF Station Palay on 17th December 2011. Game competitions for children in each age group had been organized a...

The Annual Concert of the Air Force Pre School Vauniya followed by the Annual Children’s Party and the Get –together of SLAF Base Vavuniya was held on 16th Dec 2011 for which a gathering of approximately 1200 personnel consisting of Air Force Personnel serving at SLAF Base Vavuniya with their families and the civillian staff serving along with their family members participated.The fu...

The children’s party and the Base get-together of SLAF Base Katunayake for year 2011 were held on 17th December 2011 under the patronage of Base Commander, SLAF Base Katunayake, Air Commodore CR Gurusinghe.The children’s party was conducted from 1400 hrs to 1800 hrs with numerous kids’ entertainment items. Giant wheel, Merry-go-round, Kiddies train and the Bouncer were full of chil...

In keeping with the concept of the Chairperson of the Sri Lanka Air Force Seva Vanitha Unit, Mrs. Neelika Abeywickrema to showcase the Sri Lanka Air Force through the family members of the Sri Lanka Air Force personnel, held the fourth such event; “The Spirit of Christmas”, an evening of Christmas splendour with carols and nativity on 19th December 2011 at the Defence Services Colleg...

The 13th additional contingent ,comprising of 44 SLAF troops scheduled to be deployed in Haiti completed their training at the United Nations Peace Keeping Operations (UNPKO) Training Center of the Sri Lanka Army in Kukuleganga  and passed out on the 19th Dec 11 at Regimental Head Quarters Armoured Corps ,Rock house Camp Modara . These SLAF personnel who are from a number of trades ...

The finals of the Clifford Cup Boxing Championship 2011, Boxing Tournament was held at the Lihiniya Gymnasium at Pallakele,  Kandy on 14th to 17th December  2011. Sarath Ekanayake Chief  Minister of Central Province graced  the occasion as the Chief Guest. The SLAF become the runners up with 23 points, whilst the Army become, champions with 29 points.The details of SL...

The Ex- Air Force Association of the Sri Lanka Air Force celebrated its’ annual get-together on the18th of  December 2011 at the Rifle Green SLAF Station Colombo.The annual get-together serves as an occasion where families of the ex servicemen get to enjoy a day out and where the ex-servicemen exchange nostalgic stories of the ‘good old days’ when they were in uniform. This ye...

A community project was conducted at Wirawila on 17th December 2011 with a view to prevent a possible dengue outbreak during the  monsoon season. The project was also aimed at strengthening the bonds between the SLAF and the civil community.Sri Lanka Air Force Unit Wirawila, as part of its social responsibilities, was able to give leadership to the community to clean up the area and...

The State-Service Netball Tournament 2011 was held on 16th November 2011 at the police park. The finals were played between the Sri Lanka Air Force team and the Sri Lanka Police team. Despite the Police team putting on a good display of team work, the Air Force Netball team became the champions beating  the Sri Lanka Police team 34 to 25. ...

The Annual Concert of the Pre-School at Sri Lanka Air Force Station Diyatalawa was held on 14 December 2011 at the Station Main Assembly Hall. The guidance and the direction rendered was by the Commanding Officer of Sri Lanka Air Force Station Diyatalawa who was the Chief Guest of the function. The function commenced with the arrival of the Chief Guest and the premises were filled up wit...

The Graduation Ceremony of the Defence Services Command and Staff College Course No 5 was held at the Main Auditorium of DSCSC on 14 December 2011. The Chief Guest was Hon. D M Jayaratne, the Prime Minister of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Mr. Gotabaya Rajapaksa RWP RSP psc MSc the Secretary of the Ministry of Defence & Urban Development, the Chief of Defence Staff, the...

The Sri Lanka Air Force Men’s team emerged champions at the Western Province Inter Club Badminton Championship which was held in St. Thomas College Mt. Lavinia from 11th December 2011 to 12th December 2011.  The team comprised 014788 LAC Fernando KEN, 014835 LAC Matarage IN, TA/27157 AC Madusnaka RSK, 023982 AC Fernando WKBOA, 023983 AC Ranaweera KKDK, 024380 AC  Minimuthu KC...

The Children party and the Annual get-together at SLAF Unit BIA was held on 04 December 2011 and the second session was held on 09 December 2011 at the Unit premises. This provided a fine opportunity to service personnel, and the civil personnel of SLAF BIA to enjoy the day of full with their loved once. The event was graced by the Commanding Officer Group Captain Peterson Fernando as th...

The Annual Get-together 2011 SLAF Station Diyatalawa was held on 13th December 2011 under the theme of “Warm up through Comradeship”. An array of stars beautified the evening. Numerous games for children and elders were lined up in order to fill the ecstasy. Mini-carnival too added the glamorous look to the stable hill with the giggling sound of the small children.Bandara Athauda, Sa...

The children’s party followed by the Unit Annual Get Together of SLAF Batticaloa was held on 11 December 2011 with the participation of Children and other Family members of Service personnel and Civilian Staff.The Commanding Officer of SLAF Batticaloa, Wg Cdr WMAB Wewegama graced the event as the Chief Guest.The evening was filled with fun and celebrations and provided a platform for F...

Annual Children’s Party at SLAF Station Ampara was held on 12th December 2011 at Station play ground in a colorful manner. A large gathering including, Officers, Airmen, Civilians, family members and Children participated in the event in large numbers.    The SLAF Beat Group and Dancing Troupe performed at  the event..The SLAF Air Dog Section also conducted an attra...

A Delegation of Chinese Military Officials headed by General Ma Xiaotian, Deputy Chief of General Staff of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of the People’s Republic of China called on the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama, last morning (13th December 2011). General Ma is from the PLA Air Force.  The delegation which comprised of six very senior Chinese ...

Pre School at SLAF TTS Ekala conducted the annual concert on 9th December 2011.The event was organized by the Staff of the Pre School under the patronage of Commanding Officer Group Captain LD Gunewardena. Chairperson SLAF Seva Vanitha Mrs. Neelika Abeywickrama graced the occasion as the  Chief Guest . Children performed their talents they achieved in the Pre School. The SLAF T...

The Pre-school SLAF Base Hingurakgoda “Kids’ Talent Show 2011” was held on 11th December 2011 at the “Methsiripaya” Auditorium. The Chairperson of SLAF Seva Vanitha Unit Mrs. Neelika Abeywickrama graced the occasion as the Chief Guest and the Base Commander Group Captain RAUP Rajapaksa, President Seva Vanitha Unit Sri Lanka Air Force Base Hingurakgoda Mrs. Enoka Rajapaksa and o...

The Inter Unit Judo Finals 2011 was successfully held at SLAF Fire Unit Colombo on 9 Dec 2011. The Chief Guest of the ceremony was Mr PG Chandrasena Secretary of Sri Lanka Judo Federation. SLAF Anuradhapura became Champions of the Tournament whilst SLAF TTS Ekala became runners up.Over 200 Judo players competing under 12 Men’s & 02 Women’s weight categories represented all SLAF e...