Sri Lanka Air Force
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The Sri Lanka Air Force is the air arm and the youngest of the three components of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces. It was founded in 1951 as the Royal Ceylon Air Force with the assistance of the Royal Air
Short Sunderland Mark IIIs of No. 230 Squadron RAF at RAF Koggala in Ceylon.
A Hawker Siddeley HS 748 used by the SLAF, now displayed at Koggala Airport
A SIAI-Marchetti SF260 used for ground attack in the early days of the civil war.
A FMA IA 58 Pucará ground-attack aircraft used in the civil war in the early 1990s.
Mil Mi-24
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The Mil Mi-24 is a large helicopter gunship, attack helicopter and low-capacity troop transport with room for eight passengers. It is produced by Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant and was introduced by the
Sri Lanka Air Force
…Pucarás were lost, two to surface-to-air missiles launched by the LTTE. The sole remaining Pucará was retired in 1999 due to lack of spare parts. In 1995 Mil Mi-24 gunships were acquired for close air support for the army and by 2001 Mil Mi-35s were added to the fleet. In 1996 the SLAF acquired seven IAI Kfirs…
A Mi-24V of the Polish Land Forces
Mil Mi-24A on display at Riga Aviation Museum in Latvia
Russian Air Force Mil Mi-24P
Russian Air Force Mi-35М