Sri Lanka sends aircraft around the world for overhauls
Unable to afford new aircraft, Sri Lanka is overhauling and refurbishing aircraft and helicopters in disparate locations around the world.
Sri Lanka is currently overhauling key platforms in its air force, with more aircraft to be refurbished this coming year, specifically Kfir fighters, Mi-17 helicopters, An-32 transporters and C-130 transport aircraft.
AM Sudarshana Pathirana, the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) commander, announced these programmes on 7 January.
‘We have already initiated discussions with an Israeli aircraft manufacturer to overhaul five Kfir fighter jets of the Sri Lanka Air Force, and within this month all will be finalised on this,' he told the Daily Mirror.
The cabinet had already approved the upgrade of five multirole Kfirs for $49 million. It is
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