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The Special Forces Regiment (SF) (Sinhala: විශේෂ බලකාය Visēsha Balakāya;) is a special forces unit of the Sri Lanka Army. Founded in 1986 as a combat tracker team, it was established as a regiment in 1988, and later expanded into a brigade .
The Regiment Special Force (RSF) is a Sri Lanka Air Forces elite special force unit, which is part of the SLAF Regiment.It was raised in 2006.The RSF Wing is an independent formation of the SLAF and commanded by a Commanding Officer who is responsible to the Commander of the Air Force through Director Ground Operations for the efficient and effective function.
The Special Task Force (STF) (Sinhala: විශේෂ කාර්ය බලකාය Visesha Karya Balakaya; Tamil: சிறப்பு அதிரடிப் படை) is the tier one police tactical unit of the Sri Lanka Police specialising in anti-irregular military, apprehension of armed and dangerous criminals, clandestine and covert operations, combat and patrolling in urban areas ...
Special Boat Squadron troops, during the independence day Parade. The SBS was modeled after the Special Boat Service of the Royal Navy.In its role as a naval special forces unit it takes up a wide variety of operations such as amphibious raids, maritime counter-terrorism, reconnaissance and target indication, combat swimmer missions and small boat operations.
Lieutenant Laphir led the B "Bravo" Squadron of the RDF and played a major role in the development of the Special Forces operations in the early days developing it into a formidable Special Forces unit, which specialized in rapid deployment operations, counterinsurgency and counter-terrorism warfare, reconnaissance and battlespace preparation ...
Special forces is a term used to describe relatively small military units raised and trained for reconnaissance, unconventional warfare and special operations. This is a list of special forces of Sri Lanka .
In July 1996, two helicopters from the squadron escorted and provided cover for the landing of airborne special forces as part of Operation Thrivida Pahara. The squadron played a major role in Operation Jayasikuru, flying 222 combat missions between May 1997 and December 1998 in support of the Sri Lanka Army, losing six pilots and four air gunners.
Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps - first aid; Sri Lanka Air Force - forward air control; Thereafter, the tactics leg of the course which takes 40 days is conducted at the Army Training School in Maduru Oya. [2] On completion of the course participants are awarded the Qualification Badge for Special Infantry Operation Training.