The Sri Lanka Air Force yesterday held a fly past and an Aerobatic display to mark its 70th anniversary at the Galle Face. Picture shows President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Air Force Commander Air Marshal Sudharshana Pathirana pointing at an aerobatic display. Fourteen helicopters and jets of the Indian Air Force and 24 helicopters, planes and fighter jets belonging to the Sri Lanka Air Force joined the air display. Commander of the Indian Air Force Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria and First Lady Ayoma Rajapaksa were present. (Inset) An aerobatic display.
Pictures by Sulochana Gamage and Rukmal Gamage