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2.5 Support and Transport Helicopters. 2.6 Training Aircraft. 3 Weapons. ... This is a list of aircraft of the Sri Lanka Air Force and the Sri Lanka Navy Fleet Air ...
In July 1996, two helicopters from the squadron escorted and provided cover for the landing of airborne special forces as part of Operation Thrivida Pahara. The squadron played a major role in Operation Jayasikuru, flying 222 combat missions between May 1997 and December 1998 in support of the Sri Lanka Army, losing six pilots and four air gunners.
The unit is tasked with the air movement of the Air Mobile Brigade of the Sri Lanka Army. In 2014, Sri Lanka Air Force deployed an aviation unit, No. 62 Helicopter Flight under the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad, with three Mi-17 helicopters from the No. 6 Helicopter Squadron along with 122 personnel consisting ...
No. 4 Helicopter Squadron was established on January 15, 1971, with Bell 206 Jet Ranger helicopters. With role of VIP transport, reconnaissance, cargo transport, air/sea and jungle rescue. In 1983 the squadron permanently positioned several Bell 212 and Bell Jet Ranger helicopters at SLAF Palaly, in support of the Army in Jaffna.
In 1995 Mil Mi-24 were temporarily attached to this squadron before forming their own No. 9 Attack Helicopter Squadron. Flying Officer Asela Wickramasinghe was the youngest to command a helicopter at the age of 22.Pilot Officer Ravi Dharmawickrama was the first volunteer pilot ever to command a helicopter in battle field.
The army was officially established as the Ceylon Army in 1949, though the army traces its roots back in 1881 when Ceylon Light Infantry Volunteers was created; the army was renamed as the 'Sri Lanka Army' when Sri Lanka became a republic in 1972. In 2024, the Army had approximately 150,000 personnel.
Sri Lanka Air Force Ranks; This is a list of aircraft squadrons of the Sri Lanka Air Force. ... No. 6 Helicopter Squadron; No. 7 Helicopter Squadron;
Further development continued in 1985, by both the Sri Lanka Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (SLEME) of the Sri Lanka Army [4] and the General Engineering Wing of the Sri Lanka Air Force [5] Both designs were based on the South African Buffels which had been bought in 1985. [6] The air force developed its own APC for the SLAF Regiment in ...