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    Felicitation and Awards for Special Achievements by SLAF Personnel

    December 31, 2015

    The Officers and other ranks who have brought honour and fame to the Sri Lanka Air Force with their performances were felicitated by the Commander of the Air Force Air Marshal Gagan Bulathsinghala at a simple ceremony on December 29 at SLAF Headquarters, Colombo.

    This event was organized at the initiative of the Commander of the Air Force in view of felicitating and encouraging these outstanding SLAF personnel.

     

    A brief description of the achievements is as follows:

     

    Detection of foreign currency at BIA
    The following personnel had assisted Sri Lanka Customs in 2008 to detect and confiscate foreign currency worth Rs. Eighty million at the BIA.

    Sqn Ldr SR Siriwardana
    Sqn Ldr TP Samadasa
    Sqn Ldr SK Weerasekara
    Sqn Ldr JC Manawadu
    Sgt Gunasekara CPA
    Sgt Jayakodi JASD
    Cpl Dissanayake DMR

     

    Outstanding Sports personnel
    The following outstanding athletes and weight lifters of the SLAF were felicitated in view of their achievements:

     

    023708 LAC Ranasinghe RMSJ - Javelin Throw
    Promoted to the rank of Act. Cpl
    Thailand Open Athletics Championship - 2015 – 1st place
    Set a new national record at SAG trials 2015.

     

    028937 LAC Sadaruwan MHY - Pole Vault
    Set a new national record at SAG trials 2015

     

    AW/3019 LAC Maduwanthi GKAA - Hammer Throw
    Set a new national record at the National Sports Festival - 2015

     

    024643 LAC Peters SM - Weight Lifting
    Set a new national record at the National Sports Festival - 2015



    VAW/01532 LAC Wickramasinghe WMAS - Weightlifting
    Set three (03) new national records at the National Sports Festival - 2015



    VAW/01876 LAC Gomes BDH - Weightlifting
    Set three (03) new national records at the National Sports Festival - 2015



    Commended by the Air Officer Commanding
    18243 Sgt Kumara GDS - Commended for his outstanding contribution at SLAF Stn Bcl in 2015

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