{"id":8646,"date":"2016-11-18T16:45:25","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T14:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/?page_id=8646"},"modified":"2025-04-15T20:00:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T18:00:05","slug":"sri-lanka-air-force-museum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/sri-lanka-air-force-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka Air Force Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Sri Lanka Air Force Museum<\/strong> 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 Sri Lanka Air Force 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sri Lanka Air Force Museum<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ratmalana Air Base<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">K<span class=\"txt\">andawala<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/2015\/12\/19\/sri-lanka\/\"> Sri Lanka<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.airforcemuseum.lk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.airforcemuseum.lk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:museum@airforce.lk\">museum@airforce.lk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">+94 772 444 445<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tuesday &#8211; Sunday 09:00 &#8211; 17:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Closed Monday &amp; Public Holidays<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Admission fee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gift shop<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d253538.54996650285!2d79.760359055628!3d6.825679999999999!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x0%3A0xb6dbdd061fb17aa8!2sSri+Lanka+Air+Force+Museum!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1479479928060\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aircraft collection<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/sri-lanka-air-force-museum\/sri-lanka-air-force-museum-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8647\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"83\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Sri-Lanka-Air-Force-Museum-240x83.jpg\" alt=\"Sri Lanka Air Force Museum\" class=\"wp-image-8647\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>CR-865<p><\/p>\n<p>CR-867<\/p>\n<p>VP-CAO<\/p>\n<p>CR-831<\/p>\n<p>CS-450<\/p>\n<p>CH-550<\/p>\n<p>CH-578<\/p>\n<p>CS-580<\/p>\n<p>CA-302<\/p>\n<p>CA-310<\/p>\n<p>CX-02<\/p>\n<p>CC-651<\/p>\n<p>CX-123<\/p>\n<p>CS-402<\/p>\n<p>CS-404<\/p>\n<p>CR801<\/p>\n<p>CT-103<\/p>\n<p>CT-111<\/p>\n<p>CR-821<\/p>\n<p>CR-822<\/p>\n<p>CA-605<\/p>\n<p>CH-501<\/p>\n<p>4R-AAO<\/p>\n<p>CJ-701<\/p>\n<p>CJ-704<\/p>\n<p>SFM-5202<\/p>\n<p>CR-575<\/p>\n<p>CF-901<\/p>\n<p>CF-904<\/p>\n<p>CF-905<\/p>\n<p>SFS-735<\/p>\n<p>CH-615<\/p>\n<p>CT-180<\/p>\n<p>CX-122<\/p>\n<p>CR-804<\/p>\n<p>CC-602<\/p>\n<p>CFT-1302<\/p>\n<p>CT-114<\/p>\n<p>CT-123<\/p>\n<p>CT-162<\/p>\n<p>CT-166<\/p>\n<p>CT-169<\/p>\n<p>CH-531<\/p>\n<p>CH-532<\/p>\n<p>CH-533<\/p>\n<p>CH-501<\/p>\n<p>905<\/p><\/td><td>Antonov An-32B (wreck)<p><\/p>\n<p>Antonov An-32B<\/p>\n<p>Auster J-1 Autocrat<\/p>\n<p>Avro 748 Series 2<\/p>\n<p>Beech E 18S<\/p>\n<p>Bell 206A<\/p>\n<p>Bell OH-13H Sioux<\/p>\n<p>Bell OH-13H Sioux<\/p>\n<p>Boulton Paul P.108 Balliot T.2<\/p>\n<p>Boulton Paul P.108 Balliot T.2<\/p>\n<p>Centenary Microlight<\/p>\n<p>Cessna 337F Super Skymaster<\/p>\n<p>de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth<\/p>\n<p>de Havilland DH.104 Dove 5<\/p>\n<p>de Havilland DH.104 Dove 5<\/p>\n<p>de Havilland DH.114 Heron 2D<\/p>\n<p>de Havilland DH.1 Chipmunk T.20<\/p>\n<p>de Havilland DH.1 Chipmunk T.20<\/p>\n<p>Douglas C-47B Dakota IV<\/p>\n<p>Douglas C-47B Dakota IV<\/p>\n<p>FMA IA.58A Pucara<\/p>\n<p>Grumman G.44 Widgeon<\/p>\n<p>Hiller UH-12B<\/p>\n<p>Hunting Percival Jet Provost T.51<\/p>\n<p>Hunting Percival Jet Provost T.51<\/p>\n<p>IAI Kfir C.2<\/p>\n<p>Kamov Ka-26<\/p>\n<p>Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-15UTI<\/p>\n<p>Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-17F<\/p>\n<p>Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-17F<\/p>\n<p>Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-27M<\/p>\n<p>Mil Mi-24V<\/p>\n<p>Nanchang&nbsp;PT-6<\/p>\n<p>Pazmany PL-2<\/p>\n<p>Riley Heron 2D\/A2<\/p>\n<p>Scottish Aviation Pioneer 1<\/p>\n<p>Shenyang FT-5<\/p>\n<p>SIAI-Marchetti SF.260TP<\/p>\n<p>SIAI-Marchetti SF.260TP<\/p>\n<p>SIAI-Marchetti SF.260MB<\/p>\n<p>SIAI-Marchetti SF.260MB<\/p>\n<p>SIAI-Marchetti SF.260MB (wreck)<\/p>\n<p>Sud SA.365C Dauphin<\/p>\n<p>Sud SA.365C Dauphin<\/p>\n<p>Sud SA.365C Dauphin<\/p>\n<p>Westland Dragonfly 1A<\/p>\n<p>Zlin Z-143 (wreck)<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>STR-210<br><br>STR-212<\/td><td>IAI Blue Horizon II<br><br>IAI Blue Horizon II<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sri Lanka Air Force Museum exhibits historic aircraft, vehicles, uniforms and weapons. 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