Sri Lanka uses the PT-6 planes mainly to train new pilots. The air force runs the academy at the China Bay base, a former British air base that came under attack during World War II.

COLOMBO, March 21 (Xinhua) -- A Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) training aircraft crashed in Wariyapola, located in the North Western Province, on Friday morning, with both pilots ejecting safely ...

May 9 (UPI) --A military helicopter crashed in central Sri Lanka on Friday, killing six military personnel, the nation's air force said.The Bell 212 helicopter crashed into the Maduru Oya ...

Air force spokesperson Eranda Geeganage said 12 people, including two pilots, were on board at the time of the crash, and six of them have succumbed to their injuries, after being sent to regional ...

Six people have died after a military helicopter plunged into a reservoir in Sri Lanka. Air force spokesperson Eranda Geeganage said the Bell 212 helicopter was carrying 12 people from the army ...

Colombo, May 9 (BNA): Six people were killed on Friday when a Sri Lanka Air Force helicopter crashed in central Sri Lanka. The Bell 212 helicopter, carrying 12 military personnel, went down near the ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A military helicopter plunged into a reservoir in Sri Lanka on Friday, killing five people. Air force spokesperson Eranda Geeganage said the helicopter was carrying 12 ...

(Reuters) -A helicopter crash in Sri Lanka has killed six military personnel, an Air Force official said on Friday. A Bell 212 helicopter had crashed into the Maduru Oya reservoir in central Sri ...

The President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, His Excellency Anura Kumara Dissanayake, in his capacity as the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, has approved the appointment of ...

May 9 (UPI) --A military helicopter crashed in central Sri Lanka on Friday, killing six military personnel, the nation's air force said. The Bell 212 helicopter crashed into the Maduru Oya ...