Sri Lanka Air Force Museum

Sri Lanka Air Force Museum
Aircraft on Exhibit in the main hangar.
Established	1993
Location	Ratmalana, Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia
Type	Aviation museum
Website	Official Website of the SLAF Museum

The Sri Lanka Air Force Museum (SLAF Museum) is the museum of the Sri Lanka Air Force, and its predecessor, the Royal Ceylon Air Force. Open to the public, the museum is at the SLAF Ratmalana and is maintained by the Sri Lanka Air Force.

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History

The brainchild of Air Chief Marshal Harry Goonatilake, former Commander of the Air Force, the museum exhibits, amongst other things, former aircraft and equipment of the Sri Lanka Air Force and the Royal Ceylon Air Force. Notable items include the medals and sword of Air Vice Marshal E. R. Amarasekara, the first Ceylonese Commander of the Air Force.^[1]

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.^{[citation needed]}

Aircraft on display

The museum exhibits historic aircraft, vehicles, uniforms and weapons. The museum consists of the main hangar, outdoor exhibits and hangar numbers 1, 2 and 3. Aircraft that have been preserved by the SLAF. A few of these fly but most are held by SLAF Museum. The museum also has remnants of Japanese aircraft shot down over Ceylon during World War 2 and artifacts from the LTTE aircraft shot down during the Suicide Air Raid on Colombo. An Austin Fire Fighting Vehicle and a Shorland armoured car used by the Sri Lanka Air Force is exhibited as well.

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References

^ "Air Force Museum History, Ratmalana". Retrieved 4 Apr 2019.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sri Lanka Air Force Museum.

Official Website of the SLAF Museum

Museums in Sri Lanka

National museums

Department of Museums
(Subject)

Institutional subjects

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Colombo Port Maritime Museum
Currency museum, Colombo
Highway museum complex, Kiribathkumbura
Hoods Tower Museum
International Buddhist Museum
Maritime and Naval History Museum, Trincomalee
Martin Wickramasinghe Folk Museum
Masks museum, Ambalangoda
Museum of Temple of Tooth
National railway museum, Kadugannawa
Postal museum, Colombo
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S.W.R.D.Bandaranaike and Sirimavo Bandaranaike Memorial Museum
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Wax Museum (Sri Lanka)

Department of Archaeology
(Regional)

North Central Province	Anuradhapura Museum Mihintale Museum Veheragala Museum Isurumuniya Museum Tantirimale Museum
North Western Province	Panduwasnuwara Museum Puttalam Museum Rajanganaya Museum Yapahuwa Museum Dambadeniya Museum
Central Province	Kandy Royal Palace Museum Nalanda Museum Pidurangala Museum
Eastern Province	Batticaloa Museum Dighavapi Museum Seruwila Museum Welgam Vehera Museum
Western Province	Kotte Museum
Southern Province	Matara Star Fort Museum Yatala Museum Kasagala Museum Mulkirigala Museum
Northern Province	Jaffna Museum Vavuniya Museum
Uva Province	Buduruwagala Museum Maligawila Museum
Sabaragamuwa Province	Dedigama Museum

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