SLAF celebrates 63rd anniversary tomorrow [March 01 2014]

Sri Lanka Air Force will be celebrating its 63rd anniversary tomorrow (02). Ceremonial parades and related events will take place in all airbases, stations, units and all other institutes established countrywide. A series of special religious observances will also be held.

Sri Lanka Air Force was established on March 2, 1951 as the Royal Ceylon Air Force. The Air Force Act was established in 1949 when it was ratified by the then Governor General Lord Soulbury on October 03. Air Force is the youngest of the Sri Lanka armed forces.