Sri Lanka Air Force Regiment | |
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![]() Crest of the SLAF Regiment | |
Active | 1960–Present |
Country | Sri Lanka |
Branch | Sri Lanka Air Force |
Type | Air Force Infantry |
Role | Force Protection, Ground-Based Air Defence, Air Assault |
Part of | Sri Lanka Air Force |
Nickname(s) | The Regiment |
Motto(s) | Constant Protection |
March | Quick – Holyrood |
Engagements | 1971 Insurrection Insurrection 1987-89 Sri Lankan Civil War |
Commanders | |
Director Ground Operations | Air Vice Marshal K Yahampath |
The Sri Lanka Air Force Regiment is a specialized ground combat branch within the Sri Lanka Air Force, responsible for capturing and defending airfields and associated installations. Its members are the SLAF Regiment Officers and the airmen of operations ground specialization. The SLAF Regiment is fully capable of protecting all its air bases, installations by itself using infantry and light armored units as well as launch air assaults with Airborne Infantry elements (paratroopers). Ground-based air defense of vital military and civil installations around the country is carried out by the SLAF Regiment along with combat search and rescue missions (CSAR). The corps itself is simply known as the 'regiment'.