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