Sri Lanka Volunteer Air Force
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The Sri Lanka Volunteer Air Force (SLVAF) is the volunteer reserve element of the Sri Lanka Air Force.It was formed in 1971 vide Extraordinary Gazette No. 14, 953/18 dated 14 April 1971. This was in response to the man power shortage faced by the air force in face of the 1971 JVP Insurrection that started on the 5 April 1971. The purpose of the Volunteer Air Force is to absorb personnel into the organization to fulfill urgent requirements and mobilize in specialized as well as in other areas on a temporary basis to supplement the regular force. Sqn Ldr J.T. Rex Fernando was the first Commanding Officer of the unit
All officers and airmen who are commissioned or enlisted to the Volunteer Air Force has to undergo a specified training course to suite the SLAF requirements since they are a part of the staff of the SLAF. The duration and the nature of the training is determined by the Commander of the SLAF.
It is very similar to the Royal Air Force's Royal Auxiliary Air Force and the Sri Lanka Volunteer Naval Force of the Sri Lanka Navy.
[edit] See also
- Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force
- Sri Lanka Volunteer Naval Force
- Royal Auxiliary Air Force
- RAF Volunteer Reserve
