Sri Lanka’s Air Force (SLAF) conducted training exercises move Valvettithurai in Jaffna on Friday.
A sea rescue exercise was undertaken on the beach of Valvettithurai, with helicopters flying over the Jaffna peninsula.
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The air training exercise comes as Tamils across the North-East gear up to remember those massacred by Sri Lankan government airstrikes in May 2009.
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