By Asiri Fernando in The Morning, June 18, 2023The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) last week signed an acquisition agreement with Chinese aviation giant China National Aero-Technology Import and Export Corporation for the purchase of two state-of-the-art Y-12 IV aircraft, The Sunday Morning reliably learns. The SLAF has been pursuing the replenishment of its ageing Y-12 light transport aircraft fleet since 2017, with orders placed with the manufacturer in late 2019. With a number of…