Sri Lanka Air Force
The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) (Sinhalese: 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). The SLAF played a major role throughout the Sri Lankan Civil War. The SLAF operates more than 160 aircraft and has a projected trained strength of 27,400 airmen and 1,300 officers, who are from both regular and reserve service. The Sri Lanka Air Force has expanded to specialise mainly in providing air-support to ground forces, troop landing, and carrying out air strikes on rebel-held areas in the Northern and Eastern theatres, but is also capable of high- and low-level air defence.
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Sri Lanka Air Force
The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) (Sinhalese: 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). The SLAF played a major role throughout the Sri Lankan Civil War. The SLAF operates more than 160 aircraft and has a projected trained strength of 27,400 airmen and 1,300 officers, who are from both regular and reserve service. The Sri Lanka Air Force has expanded to specialise mainly in providing air-support to ground forces, troop landing, and carrying out air strikes on rebel-held areas in the Northern and Eastern theatres, but is also capable of high- and low-level air defence.
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L'Aeronautica militare dello S ...... forze armate dello Sri Lanka.
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L'armée de l'air sri-lankaise ...... uel en est Roshan Goonatilake.
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La Fuerza Aérea de Sri Lanka ( ...... pera con más de 165 aeronaves.
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Siły Powietrzne Sri Lanki (Sri ...... ja ma być umową międzyrządową.
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The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) ...... ad of the Sri Lanka Air Force.
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Военно-воздушные силы Шри-Ланк ...... англ. Royal Ceylon Air Force).
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スリランカ空軍(スリランカくうぐん、シンハラ語: ශ්රී ...... 主な任務としており、その結果これに特化した空軍となっている。
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aircraft fighter
aircraft interceptor
aircraft patrol
aircraft recon
aircraft trainer
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military unit size
132 aircraft
28,700 personnel
motto
English:"Protect Lankan Skies"
Surakimu Lakambara
සුරකිමු ලකඹර
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Sri Lanka Air Force Emblem
current commander
Air Marshal Kapila Jayampathy RWP, RSP, USP, ndc, psc, SLAF
garrison label
Air Force Headquarters
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SLAF Fin flash
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start date
1951-03-02
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L'Aeronautica militare dello S ...... forze armate dello Sri Lanka.
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L'armée de l'air sri-lankaise ...... uel en est Roshan Goonatilake.
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La Fuerza Aérea de Sri Lanka ( ...... pera con más de 165 aeronaves.
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Siły Powietrzne Sri Lanki (Sri ...... tawione przez Royal Air Force.
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The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) ...... gh- and low-level air defence.
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Военно-воздушные силы Шри-Ланк ...... англ. Royal Ceylon Air Force).
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スリランカ空軍(スリランカくうぐん、シンハラ語: ශ්රී ...... 主な任務としており、その結果これに特化した空軍となっている。
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Aeronautica militare dello Sri Lanka
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Armée de l'air sri-lankaise
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Fuerza Aérea de Sri Lanka
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Lankijskie Siły Powietrzne
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Sri Lanka Air Force
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Военно-воздушные силы Шри-Ланки
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スリランカ空軍
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Sri Lanka Air Force
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ශ්රි ලංකා ගුවන් හමුදාව
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