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When the Royal Ceylon Air Force was formed in 1951, the No 1 Flight was formed with de Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunks to train RCyAF pilots on 1 September 1951 at RAF Negombo.In 1963 the Flying Training School was shifted to SLAF China Bay and was absorbed into the Air Force Academy when it was established in 1976 as the No. 1 Flying Training Wing.
The institutions under the Army Training Command that train officers and other ranks of the Sri Lanka Army are: . Sri Lanka Military Academy (SLMA)(Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා යුද්ධ හමුදා විද්යාපීඨය) [1] - The Sri Lanka Military Academy, Diyatalawa provides initial training for all regular army officers.
Sri Lanka Air Force Junior Command & Staff College is the Sri Lanka Air Force academic establishment providing training and education primarily to the mid-career officers of SLAF as well as to limited number of officers from Sri Lanka Navy, Sri Lanka Army and officers of various Allied forces.
The General Sir John Kotelawala Defence Academy was established in 1980 by the Sir John Kotelawala Defence Academy Act, No. 68 of 1981 as the joint defence service training institute of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces, where cadets of the three services, Sri Lanka Army, Sri Lanka Navy and Sri Lanka Air Force undergo academic training together ...
The Defence Services Command and Staff College (DSCSC) is situated at Batalanda, Makola (South) 12 Kilometers away from Colombo and its aim to develop the professional knowledge and understanding of experienced officers of the Sri Lanka Army, Sri Lanka Navy & the Sri Lanka Air Force to prepare them for the ranks of junior field officers in the army and the respective ranks of the Navy and Air ...
SLAF Katukurunda (Sri Lanka Air Force Katukurunda) [13] – Katukurunda; SLAF Koggala (Sri Lanka Air Force Koggala) [14] – Koggala; SLAF Mullaittivu (Sri Lanka Air Force Station Mullaittiv) [15] – Mullaittivu; SLAF Palaly (Sri Lanka Air Force Palaly) [16] – Palaly; SLAF Palavi (Sri Lanka Air Force Palavi) [17] – Palavi
The Sri Lanka Air Force museum is the only national museum dedicated entirely to aviation and the history of the Sri Lanka Air Force. The museum was first established in 1993 as the Aircraft Preservation and Storage Unit at SLAF Ratmalana and was reopened on 5 November 2009 after refurbishment.
Trincomalee is home to the Security Forces Headquarters – East and 22 Division of the Sri Lanka Army, Eastern Naval Command of the Sri Lanka Navy and Eastern Zonal Command of the Sri Lanka Air Force. It has several training centers of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces, including the Naval and Maritime Academy and the Air Force Academy, China Bay.