It’s sad to say this story is not a completely true history of SLAF. At Katunayaka SLAF had a aircraft repair and overhaul facility. In 1975-1980, DC3 ( Dakota) aircraft was completely overhauled, also Riley/Heron aircraft convention, most of all very first completely built aircraft (Pazmany) was built at this facility. All those projects were done under Wing Cmd. Jim Gunarathnam. I am proud to say I was an airman who worked on all the above projects. Lalith 🇺🇸🇱🇰