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List of military aircraft of Sri Lanka. 1 language. ... This is a list of aircraft of the Sri Lanka Air Force and the Sri Lanka Navy Fleet Air Arm (FAA).
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.
Sri Lanka Army Equipment; List of current Sri Lanka Navy ships; ... currently active United States military aircraft; Equipment of the United States Coast Guard; Uruguay
The Sri Lanka Army is the oldest and largest of Sri Lanka's three armed services. Established as the Royal Ceylon Army in 1949, it was renamed when Sri Lanka became a republic in 1972. The Army of approximately 255,000 regular and reserve personnel including 90,000 National Guardsmen and is responsible for overseeing land-based military and ...
Pages in category "Military equipment of Sri Lanka" ... List of military aircraft of Sri Lanka This page was last edited on 15 December 2019, at 01:41 (UTC). ...
This is a list of aircraft squadrons of the Sri Lanka Air Force. Current SLAF Flying Squadrons. No. 1 Flying Training Wing; No. 2 Heavy Transport Squadron;
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. Its first combat loss was recorded on 19 March 1997, when CH614 went missing, with 8 personnel while on a ferry flight, its wreckage was found in 2014 ...
On 24 July 2001, Thirteen aircraft including two Kfir jet fighters, one MI-24 Helicopter gun ship and one MIG-27- jet fighter were destroyed in the predawn attack on the Katunayake air base, about 35 km. north of Colombo by the LTTE.Three military trainee planes and five civilian jets were also among the destroyed aircraft.