SLAF

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SLAF is the acronym for the Sri Lanka Air Force, the aerial warfare branch of Sri Lanka’s armed forces.

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Surface form Occurrences
Sri Lanka Air Force 0

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Predicate Object
instanceOf air force
military branch
abbreviation SLAF NERFINISHED
allegiance Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED
budgetAuthority Government of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED
commanderInChiefTitle President of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED
country Sri Lanka
countryDefenseResponsibility Sri Lanka NERFINISHED
dateFounded 1951-03-02
dateRenamedToCurrentName 1972
emblem Sri Lanka Air Force roundel
engagement Humanitarian and disaster relief operations in Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan Civil War NERFINISHED
foundedAs Royal Ceylon Air Force NERFINISHED
governingBody Ministry of Defence (Sri Lanka) NERFINISHED
hasComponent regular force
reserve force
headquarters Colombo NERFINISHED
Sri Lanka Air Force Headquarters, Colombo NERFINISHED
militaryBranchType aerial warfare branch
motto “Protecting the Skies for a Brighter Tomorrow”
nativeName இலங்கை வான்படை NERFINISHED
ශ්‍රී ලංකා ගුවන් හමුදාව NERFINISHED
officialWebsite https://www.airforce.lk
operatesIn Indian Ocean region NERFINISHED
Sri Lankan airspace
partOf Sri Lanka Armed Forces NERFINISHED
precededBy Royal Ceylon Air Force NERFINISHED
primaryLanguage English
Sinhala NERFINISHED
Tamil
role air defense of Sri Lanka
maritime patrol
offensive air operations
search and rescue
transport and logistics support
roundelColors blue
maroon
yellow
serviceBranchColor light blue
shortName SLAF NERFINISHED
supremeCommander President of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED
trainingInstitution Sri Lanka Air Force Academy China Bay NERFINISHED
typeOfAircraftOperated fighter aircraft
helicopters
trainer aircraft
transport aircraft
usesRankStructureSimilarTo Royal Air Force NERFINISHED

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