By the late 1980s, the insurgency in Sri Lanka’s north was taking on aspects of a significant conflict. The Liberation Tigers…
The Royal Ceylon Air Force (RCyAF) was formed in 1951 with a small fleet of de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunks. The…
In response to an urgent request for assistance from the Ceylon government in 1971, the USSR gifted five MiG-17F fighters and a…
By June 1987 the separatist struggle in Sri Lanka was taking on the characteristics of a greater conflict. Armed groups of…
SLAF Choppers at War -Part 2
Selected to be the first Commanding Officer of №5 Jet Squadron and ordered to get his unit active as soon as…
Founded in 1951, the Royal Ceylon Air Force (RCyAF; which became the Sri Lanka Air Force 21 years…