The 6th Artillery Regiment is also based at Minneriya along with the SLAF base SLAF Hingurakgoda.
This is due to the Security Forces Headquarters - Wanni being based in Vavuniya in close proximity to the Sri Lanka Air Force air base SLAF Vavuniya.
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General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) located at Kandawala, Ratmalana, Colombo, is a joint services academy where cadets of the three wings Sri Lanka Army, Sri Lanka Navy and Sri Lanka Air Force are trained before they go for their pre-commission training to their academies.
Air officers in the Indian and Sri Lankan air forces also wear gorget patches with one to five stars depending on their seniority.
Air Marshal Harsha Abeywickrema, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP, rcds, psc, qfi, SLAF is a Sri Lankan fighter pilot and the current Commander of the Sri Lankan Air Force.
Air Vice Marshal Rohan J Pathirage, USP, ndc, psc, CEng, MIE, SLAF is the current Director Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering of the Sri Lanka Air Force.
At around 4am on 9 September 2008, the Sri Lanka Air Force reportedly achieved its first air to air kill when an F-7G successfully intercepted and brought down an Air Tigers Z-143 over Mullaittivu.
An Austin Fire Fighting Vehicle and a Shorland armoured car used by the Sri Lanka Air Force is exhibited as well.