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No. 111 Air Surveillance Squadron is a squadron of the Sri Lanka Air Force operating in the reconnaissance role using unmanned aerial vehicles.It currently operates the IAI Searcher Mk II from SLAF Vavuniya.
Lihiniya MK II (Sinhala: ලිහිණියා මාක් 2) is a medium range unmanned aerial vehicle developed by the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) and the Centre for Research and Development (CRD) as a tactical UAV system for the national defence requirements. [1] [2]
The Lihiniya MK 1 (Sinhala: ලිහිණියා මාක් 1) is an unmanned aerial vehicle under development by the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) and the Centre for Research and Development (CRD) as an experimental platform to test technologies for its indigenous UAV program. [1] During the civil war the SLAF used UAVs for reconnaissance ...
Aircraft that have been preserved by the SLAF. A few of these fly but most are held by SLAF Museum. [6]Airspeed Oxford; Hawker Siddeley HS 748; Sikorsky H-5 Dragonfly; Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17F
The pilot was unhurt and the helicopter was heavily damaged. [32] On 07 August 2023, a Sri Lankan Air Force, PT-6 trainer aircraft crashed during a training flight two minutes after taking off from the air force academy at China Bay base in the eastern city of Trincomalee.Both pilot and flight engineer were killed in the crash. [33] [34] [35]
The Air Force has awarded the Silver Star to a female airman for the first time following her role in the shootdown of more than 80 Iranian drones that were part of Iran's large missile and drone ...
No. 11 UAV Flight Squadron of the Sri Lanka Air Force is an independent flight operating in the reconnaissance role using unmanned aerial vehicles. The squadron was reformed into No. 111 and No. 112 on 1 June 2008.
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. [2]