Sri Lanka Air Force Regiment

Sri Lanka Air Force Regiment
Crest of the SLAF Regiment
Active1960–Present
CountrySri Lanka
BranchSri Lanka Air Force
TypeAir Force Infantry
RoleForce Protection,
Ground-Based Air Defence,
Air Assault
Part ofSri Lanka Air Force
Nickname(s)The Regiment
Motto(s)Constant Protection
MarchQuick – Holyrood
Engagements1971 Insurrection
Insurrection 1987-89
Sri Lankan Civil War
Commanders
Director Ground OperationsAir Vice Marshal K Yahampath

The Sri Lanka Air Force Regiment is a specialized ground combat corps 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'.