No. 111 Air Surveillance Squadron is a
squadron
Squadron may refer to:
* Squadron (army), a military unit of cavalry, tanks, or equivalent subdivided into troops or tank companies
* Squadron (aviation), a military unit that consists of three or four flights with a total of 12 to 24 aircraft, de ...
of the
Sri Lanka Air Force
The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) ( si, ශ්රි ලංකා ගුවන් හමුදාව, Śrī Laṃkā guwan hamudāva; ta, இலங்கை விமானப்படை, Ilaṅkai vimāṉappaṭai) is the air arm and the yo ...
operating in the reconnaissance role using
unmanned aerial vehicle
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without any human pilot, crew, or passengers on board. UAVs are a component of an unmanned aircraft system (UAS), which includes adding a ground-based controller ...
s. It currently operates the
IAI Searcher Mk II from
SLAF Vavuniya. Until 2008 the unit was an independent
flight ''No. 11 "UAV" Flight'', but was expanded in 2007 to an operational squadron and split in 2008 to form No. 111 Air Surveillance Squadron and
No. 112 Air Surveillance Squadron.
Aircraft operated
Year of introduction
*
RQ-2 Pioneer
*
IAI Scout
The IAI Scout (known in Israel under its Hebrew name זהבן - " Oriole") is a reconnaissance unmanned air vehicle developed in Israel in the 1970s by Israel Aircraft Industries as a competitor to the Tadiran Mastiff. The project was led by Char ...
*
IAI Searcher Mk II - 2006
*
Lihiniya MK I - Locally developed UAV platform using for training purpose
References
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External links
FORCE REPORT SRI LANKA AIR FORCE
Military units and formations established in 2008
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