Sri Lanka Air Force - Guardians of the skies Explore the official website of the Sri Lanka Air Force for the latest news, operations, careers, events, and history of the SLAF Stay informed about national defense and aviation excellence in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Air Force - Wikipedia Regiment Special Force is an elite Special Forces unit of the Sri Lanka Air Force, part of the SLAF Regiment It provides highly effective land-based defence and beyond-forward-defence-line assault capabilities
Sri Lankan Air Force - Inventory 2025 A specialized ground combat branch, the SLAF Regiment, is responsible for force protection, ground-based air defense, and airfield security The SLAF’s strategic doctrine is fundamentally shaped by its experience during the Sri Lankan Civil War, prioritizing the support of army and navy operations
Sri Lanka Air Force The Sri Lanka Armed Forces Veterans Association (SLAFVA) honoured all fallen War Heroes, including those of the World Wars during a fitting ceremony that commemorated Remembrance Day, more popularly known as ‘Poppy Day’, at the Vihara Maha Devi Park Cenotaph today (16 November 2025)
SLAF Colombo - Wikipedia SLAF Colombo is a base of the Sri Lanka Air Force and its former headquarters in Colombo In Established soon after the formation of Royal Ceylon Air Forces was formed in 1951 at the former officers mess of the former Ceylon Rifle Regiment at Rifle green The officer's mess was moved in the 1970s when the Trans Asia Hotel was made in its location The mess is currently housed in the Cinnamon
Ministry of Defence - Sri Lanka In our continuing series on the flying formations of the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF), today we journey into the realm of the heavy military transporters The No 2 Squadron located at the SLAF Base in Katunayake is the home of the pilots and formidable aircraft that give the Air Force its heavy lift capability
Sri Lanka Air Force - Military Wiki The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) (Sinhalese language: ශ්රි ලංකා ගුවන් හමුදාව Sri Lanka Guwan Hamudawa) is the air arm and the youngest of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces It was founded in 1951 as the Royal Ceylon Air Force (RCyAF) with the assistance of the Royal Air Force (RAF)