The Commander of the Pakistan Air Force (P.A.F) Air chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman arrived in Sri Lanka today (12th of November) for a three day visit to the Island. Arriving on an invitation extended by the Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force, he is due to meet several dignitaries in the Sri Lankan defense establishment.  Air Chief Marshal Suleman is scheduled to meet the Command...

This evening the SLAF beat the Navy Sports Club six points to five from two penalties against one try in the first of the Defence Services Rugby matches worked off at the Army Grounds in Colombo. The game was close but the SLAF prevailed playing an attacking game and defending well to finally win with a slim margin. The margin though not showing the grit and commitment of the Airmen...

His Excellency President Mahinda Rajapaksa ceremoniously re-launched the Air Force Museum at the Sri Lanka Air Force Base Ratmalana today (05 November 2009). The museum which was originally set up as the air craft preservation & storage unit (AP&SU) in 1993 has been restructured as the Sri Lanka Air Force Museum. It is the only museum dedicated to aviation and the history of Sri ...

The passing out parade of the 20th batch of basic paratroopers (Airborne) produced by the SLAF Parachute Training School, was held this morning (03 November 2009) at the Sri Lanka Air Force Base premises. A total of 04 Commissioned Officers and 28 Airmen from the Regiment Special Forces and Special Air Borne Force did take part in this course which was conducted for a period over a month...

The Commander of the SLAF presided as Chairman of first board meeting of the Civil Aviation AuthorityAir Chief Marshal Roshan Goonetileke as the Chairman presided over his first Board Meeting of the Civil Aviation Authority. The Board Meeting was held on 30 October 2009, at Air Force Headquarters in the Commanders Board Room. The Board Meeting was also attended by;Mr. Ariyarathne ...

A total of 917 recruits from the 139th Regular and 97th Volunteer Course and 58 trainees from the 20th Regular Airwomen courses passed out today (30 October 2009) at SLAF station Diythalawa after completing 17 weeks of challenging training. The training focused on drill, weapon training, tactics, field craft, map reading, fire fighting, explosive handling, Humanitarian Law, Air Forc...

The Sri Lanka Air Force Seva Vanitha Unit (SLAF SVU) which is involved in various community projects, launched phase 14 of the "Marian Goonetileke Scholarships Project" this morning (30 October 2009), named as the Anula Fernando Housing and Medical Project. 51 children of war heroes killed in action, disabled in action and Civilian staff of the Sri Lanka Air Force were facilitated with s...

The General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) awarded degrees at the convocation of the Kotalawala Defence University held at BMICH yesterday (October 27). H.E. President Mahinda Rajapakse and the Chancellor of the Kotalawala Defence University Lt.Gen Dennis Perera were present at the presentation. The Graduates, their parents, the members of the academic staff of the KDU...

Airwoman Anusha Prasadika competing in this years Australasia 3Gun championship in the Philippines made her country proud by becoming the over all ladies champion of the competition whilst winning the gold medal at the Ladies Rifle course of fire.Mean while Corporal Abeywardana from the Sri Lanka Army  won the gold medal in the Men’s Rifle course of fire and Haritha Pilapitiy...

The SLAF soccer team have secured a place in the semi finals of the Dialog Champions League as they ended up in a nil all draw against Saunders SC, this evening (17 October 2009) at the City League Ground Colombo. The Airmen have played four matches in the second round of this tournament, having won two and drew two matches so far with one more match to be played. In today’s game both...

Airmen sanjeewa scored his 6th consecutive goal, becoming the 3rd most scorer, in the Dialog Champion league as the Air force soccer team beat the Old Bens SC 4-1 this evening (22 October 2009). Just after 16 minutes of play Anthony Prabath from the Old Bens SC the first half of the game.However from thereon the situation changed as Chanaka Fernando scored the first goal in the 47th minu...

The Sri Lanka Air Force Rugby team and its skipper have been nominated to compete in the poll which has been appearing on the Sunday Observer , Daily News and Daily Dinamina  news papers for the past for the past 03 weeks. However, this week ending from 25th October 2009 being the final week for this competition Squadron Leader Kosala Ranasinghe has been placed 4th with 6541 vo...

Sri Lanka Air Force Koggla which has shouldered many responsibilities and supported the war effort of the country in various ways under 16 Commanding Officers till to date (19 October 2009) celebrated its 25th anniversary after its re-establishment back in year 1984.   This station played a key role in WWII, at the crucial moment of the war described as the most dangerous by Sir Win...

The Sri Lanka Air Force(SLAF) skydiving team comprising of 03 Airwomen are scheduled to perform this evening(17 October 2009) at a parachute display at the Sri Lanka Army 60th anniversary celebrations better known as the Army Tattoo. A total of 30 experienced jumpers inclusive of 10 members from the SLAF will skydive from approximately 5000 Ft in which they will open their parachutes man...

The school cadets of SAARC countries visited Air Force Head Quarters during their annual visit to Sri Lanka. They followed a presentation on the functional aspects of the SLAF by Squadron Leader Lasantha Dahanayake. Thereafter, the Commander of the Air Force, Chief of Staff, Deputy Chief of Staff and Director Air Operations participated in a question & answer session.  &nbs...

Sri Lanka Air Force team ‘A’ came first in the two day (15 & 16 October 2009) Mahapola Cycle Race-2009. The race was held in two stages where the first stage began from Ratmalana and ended from Galle having a total distance of 102.2 km, whilst the second stage started from Galle and concluded from Tangalle (154.4Km) after which the overall champions were decided. Meanwhile the Ai...

The Australasia 3Gun Championship organized by the international practical shooting confederation is scheduled to be held from 17 to 29 October 2009. The event will be hosted in the Philippines by the Philippine practical shooting association, in which they plan to conduct courses of fire in all three disciplines namely Handgun, Shotgun and Rifle.A total of 10 participants and 03 other o...

Sri Lanka Air Force cricket club beat Burgher RC yesterday (14 October 2009) at the Riffle Green, Colombo, Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club with a 31 run win over (D/L method). The airmen winning the toss invited their opponents to bat, who managed to score 178 all out (Dilhan Cooray 38, Weranga Dissanayake 49, Sidath Priyankara 3/31, Madura Sanjaya 3/42) in 47 over’s.In response ...

Under the auspices of Sri Lanka Standards Institute, the National Quality Week will be observed throughout the Island from 12 -18 October, 2009. Further, the Standards Day falls on 14 October and will be marked with special functions and events to raise awareness about setting individual and organizational standards and aiming for high productivity. The theme for this year is 'Tackli...

A newly established Radar Maintenance Wing was visited by the Commander of the Air Force during his annual visit to Sri Lanka Air Force Base Katunayake recently. A separate location for radar maintenance was an outstanding issue since the country strengthened its air defence network with modern state of the art technology radars.  The Radar Maintenance Wing will function under the D...

The SLAF Soccerites after five wins out of six matches in the first round of the Dialog Champion league, kicked off the second round first match with a 2-1 victory over Jupiters SC this evening (11 October 2009).Compared to the previous match played against the same opponents in the first round, Jupiters SC did well to restrict the Airmen to only two goals after a tight game. However, th...