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...

Sri Lanka Air Force Station Colombo emerged overall champions in the annual road and walking race-2009, which was organized by the Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Council this morning (10 October 2009). Over 250 participants inclusive of Officers, Air men and women from various age groups representing all Air Force Bases/Camps took part at this event that concluded at the Sri Lanka Air F...

Sri Lanka Air Force Seva Vanitha Unit (SLAF SVU) organized an Inter School Athletic Meet to commemorate International Children’s Day (ICD). More than 300 school children representing all communities in Morawewa, Eastern Province, celebrated this special day on 09 October 2009.  ICD is celebrated all over the world on 01 October each year and many activities draw attention to the i...

The Commander of the Air force, Air Chief Marshall Roshan Goonetilleke received the National Productivity award for the year 2008 which is awarded by the National Productivity Secretariat under the Ministry of Labour.The award was decided following strict inspections based on a Standard International criterion, in which all Government Departments were studied over a period.  Earlier...

A newly  built house worth of Rs. 900, 000 was donated to the wife and the son of war hero Sergeant Nandasiri who was killed in 1998 at Puliyankulam due to a Clamor attack, on 05th October 2009 at Weligama in the Galle District.The house was donated by the philanthropist Ex Wing Commander Dr. and Mrs. Narme Wickramasinghe . The Chairperson Seva Vanitha Unit Mrs. Nelun Goonetileke, t...

The Commander of the Air Force Air Chief Marshall Roshan Goonetilleke was the Chief Guest at a simple ceremony held to commemorate the 29th death anniversary of General Sir John Kothalawala at the Gen sir John Kothalawala Defence university this morning (4th Oct 2009). The Commander and his wife Mrs Nelun Goonetilleke graced the occasion and he placed  a wreath at the Statue of the ...

The Air force fire fighters were called upon for assistance during the early hours of the day (04 October 2009) when a grocery shop in Daraga Town,Ambalangoda caught fire during the early hours of the day(04 October 2009). The Ambalangoda Police station had informed SLAF Station Katukurunda, at around 0510hrs regarding the fire and the fire fighters were reached the location wi...

The Varatharasa trophy, awarded to the most outstanding SLAF sportsman for-2008 went out to (08592) Corporal Silva this evening (02 October 2009) at the colours awarding ceremony held at Hotel Galadari. The ceremony is an annual feature in the SLAF sporting calendar, to felicitate all its sporting figures who have earned credit and honour in the past year.The secretary, to His Excellency...

Air Commodore Anura Silva the present Chairman of Non Command Sports (Indoor) of Sri Lanka Air Force left the country this morning (01 October 2009) in order to represent Sri Lanka at the Thirteenth Olympic congress, which brings great pride and honour to the country. The said congress will be held in Copennhagen- Denmark from 1st to 06th October 2009 in which either Japan, Brazil, ...

The national Decathlon champion Mohamad Sameera from the Air Force sports club taking part in the 87th National Athletic Championship, performed his personal best in four of the ten disciplines (long jump, shot-putt, pole volt and javelin) and aggregated 6342 points to lower the former national record established in 2006.The Air Force athlete’s participating in this championship ...

The first ever “Sigiriya Rally Cross” the newest addition to the countries motor racing arena, was flagged off this morning at a newly built track in Sigiriya. The specialty in this form of track was that it comprised the features of a ‘tar mach’ as well as the ‘gravel road’ with various obstacles of its kind. A participation of two Indian riders also added importance to the ...

The mighty Rathnam SC, one of the best teams in the game of soccer were beaten by the Air Force team 01nil, this evening(26 September 2009), in one of the Dialog Champion league matches played at the City Football League ground Colombo.Leading Air Craft man Chaminda managed to score the only goal in the match just few minutes after the kick off, which subsequently went on to be the winni...

The SLAF has been selected as the winner of the National Productivity award for the year 2008 awarded by the National Productivity Secretariat under the Ministy of Labour.The award was decided after stringent inspections based on a Standard International criteria, where all Government Departments were studied over a period.  Initially the SLAF bagged the Award for the most productiv...

Sri Lanka Air Force Base Katunayaka, the largest air base in the country, was visited by the Commander of the SLAF Air Chief Marshal Roshan Goonetileke on his annual inspections held on 24 & 25 September 2009. This base is the home to all Fighter Jet Squadrons, The VIP Helicopter Squadron as well as several engineering and other supporting elements.A parade commanded by Air Commodore...

Professionalism of the SLAF reiterated when it flew to assist the uninterrupted economic operations of Sri Lanka.MV Armada Perbana was a Malaysian Merchant vessel, used for oil rigging. Sailing to Nigeria, the ship faced technical difficulties and was forced to undergo repairs, which is done by agents based in Sri Lanka. Subsequent to such repairs obtain a certification by certified surv...

The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) and Sri Lanka Association of Racing Drivers and Riders (SLARDAR) together held a press conference today (23 September 2009) at the Government Information Department Auditorium. Addressing the media about the upcoming “Sigiriya Rally Cross, ” Wg Cdr Janaka Nanayakkara (SLAF) and Mr.Mahesh Gammanpila (SLARDAR) mentioned that this event will be a firs...

Air Force Badminton player  Aircraftman Madusanka RSK (known as RS Kasun) defeated the no 2 ranked Sri Lanka Badminton player Diluka Karunarathne (One of Karunarathne brothers) this morning (23 September 2009) in the quarter finals of the Nationalized Services Badminton Open Tournament held  at the St Thomas’s collage indoor badminton courts. Further Kasun is due to play...

A newly built house worth of Rs 1 million was donated to Lac Kalum De Silva who was wounded in action due to a terrorist mortar attack during operation Jayasikuru in Nadunkani. The construction of the house was sponsored by the Seva Vanith Unit of the Sri Lanka High Commission in Bangladesh through the SLAF Seva Vanitha Unit. The ceremony to hand over the house was held this morning (22 ...