Sri Lanka Air Force Rescue Mission SF 2008

Edited by : Dinesh De Alwis-Journalist-Daily News- Sri Lanka
On July 29, a six man team of Army Special Forces, who were engaged in a Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol Mission (LRRP) were detected by members of the LTTE's civilian militia deep inside LTTE territory between Mankulam and Kokavil.

Special Forces commandos easily neutralized the civilian militia, but soon a large number of Tiger cadres were dispatched to comb the jungles looking for the SF men. Two commandos were killed in a firefight and two others wounded. Commandos were forced to leave behind a body of a slain comrade during their withdrawal. Four men trekked 25 kilometers, dodging the guerrillas while carrying the body of a dead comrade.

The Special Forces Commander called for air support to rescue the four valiant men. A Bell 212 and a MI 24 attack helicopter took off from Anuradhapura Air Force Base. They flew hugging the thick jungle canopy of the Wanni, occasionally firing countermeasure flares to avoid LTTE's Man pad.

Four Special Forces men were awaiting the rescue helicopter. After having secured a landing site, one of the men lit a fire as the helicopter approached and alerted the crew of their location. As the Bell 202 landed, the four men jumped on board. Half an hour later the helicopter landed at the Anuradhapura Air Base and the two wounded soldiers were rushed to the Anuradhapura Hospital.

This was not the first time the SLAF carried out rescue missions of this nature. On November 20, last year, an eight-man team of army commandos who were engaged in a LRRP mission in Periyamadu, twenty kilometers inside Tiger territory were detected by the LTTE. The LTTE had stepped up security on the eve of the approaching Mahaveer commemorations.
An army commando was injured after he stepped on an anti-personnel mine. The team sought air support to evacuate the injured soldier.

Torrential rains held off the rescue mission for two days. On 22 November, eight men were evacuated by a Bell 202 helicopter. This time round, the SLAF decided to release a video of the rescue mission which has been
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[centrino987]

even though the war is over we should continue to train our airforce in these kinds missions. always good to have them ready to take out any future insurgency early on. learn from past mistakes.

[silverdiablo7]

and of course our SL forces rox

[mt841000]

Top class maneuvering of the Bell 212 at 1.49 to 1.58 Sri Lanka Air Force is the best!!!!!!

[sam7231]

Sri Lankan terrorist!

[ScarsOfTheCrucifix]

@ravving

you are a fucking retard pal

[DrummerDude40]

All rise for the youtube anthem

[Willisltd]

@ravving you are stupid. A declaration of war signifies that war started on a certain date yes. But there could have been conflicts between both sides well before the war was declared. It's probably the reason why war was declared...duh..

[hrajarathna]

ane gihilla ammata hukahan wesige putha

[ravving]

the war itself was started in 2009 wat the video shown here is posted on 20008 ,bunch of lies

[takster4]

impressive low level flying

[ramesh9307]

maru lanka.......:)

[pundepraba]

fuck ltte pinde for ever....no ltte as long as SL lions lives....ltte lives in tamilnadu sewage plants. lol