About RAFOA

It is my honour and privilege to pen a few lines on the launch of the upgraded and modernized RAFOA website.

On this Silver Jubilee year, it gives me great pleasure to witness the great strides taken by RAFOA, with a steady and significant improvement of the membership, finances, activities and services rendered to the Retired Officer community.

RAFOA was founded twenty five years ago in 2001 with the intention of giving retired Officers a collective identity and maintaining a robust, interactive and cooperative relationship with the Air Force, assuring that they remain active members of the larger Air Force family, while providing them with a variety of services and privileges by the Air Force, thus ensuring that they are given due recognition of their dedicated service to the Air Force and the motherland.

The Air Force is dedicated to improve the services provided to retired personnel, giving due cognizance to two factors; maintaining the interaction and cooperation between the serving and retired personnel, and providing specialized support for the senior retirees in their twilight years, as evidenced by the establishment of a veterans' care home at Katunayake.

I wish RAFOA all the best on this twenty fifth anniversary while gratefully acknowledging the contributions of my predecessors towards the growth and improvement of RAFOA, and pledge my unstinting support in all your future endeavours.

It is a great honour and privilege to have been elected as the President of the Retired Air Force Officers’ Association. I sincerely thank all members for the confidence and trust placed in me. I accept this responsibility with humility and with a firm commitment to serve our Association and its members to the best of my ability.

The Retired Air Force Officers’ Association is more than an organisation that brings together those who have served our beloved Sri Lanka Air Force. It is a bond that continues the spirit of comradeship, loyalty, discipline and service that has always defined the Air Force family.

One of our key priorities will be the continuous improvement of facilities and services available to our members. We will explore practical ways of enhancing the welfare, social, recreational and other facilities provided by the Association, while making every effort to ensure that our members receive the value and support they deserve.

With the support and cooperation of all members, I am confident that we can take RAFOA forward with renewed energy, purpose and commitment.

I also take this opportunity to extend my sincere thanks to the Commander of the Air Force and the key appointment holders of the Air Force who work closely with the RAFOA, for their continuous support and assistance towards all RAFOA functions and activities.

I look forward to working together with you all in the years ahead.