The Sri Lanka Air Force Women's Wing (SLAF Women's Wing) is an wing of the Sri Lanka Air Force. It was formed on 3 September 1987 and Air Commodore D.S.G. Vithana was the first commanding officer of this wing. [1] The purpose to create this wing was to maintain and update all records of lady officers and airwomen, make their promotional schedules, issue identity cards, make annual assessments (performance reports) and ensure welfare. [1] [2] In 1971, four women joined as pilot officers into the Sri Lanka Air Force who were trained in SLAF Katunayake for some weeks, this was the first time in the history of the Sri Lanka Air Force that women wore air force uniforms. [3] In January 1983, the first batch of airwomen were recruited. [4] In 2020 for the first time, two women were commissioned as pilots from the Air Force Academy, China Bay. [5]