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The two Kfirs from No. 10 Squadron were conducting final rehearsals for the flypast scheduled for the next day, as part of the SLAF's 60th-anniversary celebrations, with their routine involving a low-flying circuit over the SLAF base at Ratmalana before returning to Katunayake on 01 March 2011, when they collided at 9.30 am (local time).
21 January 1997: a IAI Kfir crashed into the Negombo lagoon. Pilot ejected safely. 21 February 1997: a Antonov An-32B crashed at Ratmalana airport following aborted take-off, killing four. [ASN 5] [5] 15 March 1997: a FMA IA 58 Pucará crashed in the Kaudala area following a premature explosion of ordinance on release. Pilot ejected and was ...
Since the J79 turbojet engine is an U.S. design, although manufactured under license in Israel, all export sales of the Kfir are subject to prior approval being granted by the U.S. State Department, a fact that has limited the sale of the Kfir to foreign nations. As of 2006, the IAI Kfir has been exported to Colombia, Ecuador, and Sri Lanka.
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Two SLAF IAI Kfir: Yakkala, Gampaha, Sri Lanka: 2014: June 23: 2: 1 Learjet 35A / Eurofighter Typhoon: Olsberg, Germany: 2019: November 25: 13: 0 French Armed Forces Eurocopter Tiger / Eurocopter AS532 Cougar: Ménaka, Ménaka Region, Mali: 2022: November 12: 6: 0 B-17 Flying Fortress / Bell P-63 Kingcobra: Dallas, Texas, U.S. 2023: April 27: 3 ...
All four occupants died in the crash. One person on the ground was injured as a result of the crash. [27] [28] On 15 December 2020, a Sri Lankan Air Force, PT-6 trainer aircraft crashed during a solo training flight after losing contact with ATC. The pilot was proclaimed that he had succumbed to injuries sustained during the crash. [29] [30] [31]
The Nesher was followed by the IAI Kfir ("lion cub"), which was developed as a result of Israel's need for adapting the Dassault Mirage III to the specific requirements of the Israeli Air Force. The Kfir entered service with the IAF in 1975, the first units being assigned to the 101st "First Fighter" Squadron. Over the following years, several ...
The squadron was formed on January 5, 1996 at the SLAF Katunayake with six IAI Kfir multi-role fighter jets acquired from Israel, with US State Department approval. These included five C2 types and a TC.2 type trainer. At its formation the squadron had six pilots, four engineers and 70 technicians along with the six aircraft.