Trincomalee/China Bay

China Bay is the place were SLAF pilots are trained. They start on the Ce150...

...and continue on the CJ6, a Chinese development of the Yak-52.

Fighter pilots then proceed to the K-8 Karakorum.

Anuradhapura

Also in the Northern half of the country is helicopter base Anuradhapura. It houses the Mi-17 fleet of 6sq. Seen here is a Mi-171.

These helicopters are usually detached and dispersed around the country.

Hingarukgoda/Minneriya

Main helicopter base is Hingarukgoda. Here 7sq uses two vairants of Bell helicopters. The Bell 206...

...and the Bell 212.

Of course, apart from transports like the Bell 212, the attack helicopters of 9sq also have their domicile here. This is a Mi-35V being tested after some maintenance was performed.

The Mi-35P is the export version of the twin-barelled Mi-24P. But most numerous is the V model.

This concludes our overview, well not quite, we could not resist this MiG-23UB as a tribute to SLAF's heritage.