Sri Lankan Air Force Timeline of Events

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Sri Lankan Air Force

The Sri Lanka Air Force is the air arm and the youngest of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces. It was founded in 1951 as the Royal Ceylon Air Force with the assistance of the Royal Air Force . The SLAF played a major role throughout the Sri Lankan Civil War...

Timeline of Events

1995

7.9.1995

The Navaly church bombing is carried out by the Sri Lankan Air Force killing 125 Tamil civilian refugees.

9.22.1995

Nagerkovil school bombing, is carried out by Sri Lankan Air Force in which at least 34 die, most of them ethnic Tamil school children.

2007

10.22.2007

Raid on Anuradhapura Air Force Base is carried out by 21 Tamil Tiger commandos. All except one died in this attack. Eight Sri Lankan Air Force planes are destroyed and 10 damaged.