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The Sri Lanka Air Force museum is the only national museum dedicated entirely to aviation and the history of the Sri Lanka Air Force. The museum was first established in 1993 as the Aircraft Preservation and Storage Unit at SLAF Ratmalana and was reopened on 5 November 2009 after refurbishment. [2]
The Sri Lanka Air Force museum is the only national museum dedicated entirely to aviation and the history of the Sri Lanka Air Force. The museum was first established in 1993 as the Aircraft Preservation and Storage Unit at SLAF Ratmalana and was reopened on 5 November 2009 after refurbishment.
SLAF Iranamadu (Sri Lanka Air Force Station Iranamadu) [12] – Iranamadu; SLAF Katukurunda (Sri Lanka Air Force Katukurunda) [13] – Katukurunda; SLAF Koggala (Sri Lanka Air Force Koggala) [14] – Koggala; SLAF Mullaittivu (Sri Lanka Air Force Station Mullaittiv) [15] – Mullaittivu; SLAF Palaly (Sri Lanka Air Force Palaly) [16] – Palaly
RAF Manston History Museum, Manston, Kent [27] RAF Marham Aviation Heritage Centre, Kings Lynn, Norfolk [28] RAF Regiment Heritage Centre, Thetford, Norfolk [29] RAF Scampton Heritage Centre, Scampton, Lincolnshire; RAF Sculthorpe Heritage Centre, Wicken Green, Norfolk [30] RAF Waddington Heritage Centre, Waddington, Lincolnshire [31]
National Museum of Colombo established in 1877.. Below is a list of museums in Sri Lanka. For this context, museums are defined as institutions (including nonprofit organisations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
SLAF Ekala is the Sri Lanka Air Force station in Ekala. It is the primary training centre for all Sri Lanka Air Force specialist airmen trades, to this end the station is home to the Advanced & Specialized Trade Training School (A & S TTS). It is also the home of the office of Chief Recruiting Officer, who is responsible for recruiting Officers ...
The Sri Lanka Army has its Security Forces Headquarters - East in Trincomalee. Trincomalee War Cemetery, is one of the six commonwealth war cemeteries in Sri Lanka, it is maintained by Sri Lankan Ministry of Defence on behalf of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. The Navy Base is home to a naval museum called The Hoods Tower Museum. The ...
With the end of the war, and subsequently no use for the airfield it was abandoned by the RAF in 1946. [9] On 19 April 1985, the airfield was opened again for the Sri Lanka Air Force by Lalith Athulathmudali, then Minister of National Security and Deputy Minister of Defence, on the invitation of Air Marshal Donald Perera, Commander of the Air ...