Air Mobile Brigade (Sri Lanka)

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| unit_name = Air Mobile Brigade

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| dates = 1994-Present

| country = Sri Lanka

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| branch = Sri Lanka Army

| type = Rapid deployment force

| role = Air assault
Airlift
Close air support
Close-quarters combat
Forward observer
Jungle warfare
Raiding
Reconnaissance

| size = Brigade

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| current_commander = Brig AD Rodrigo RWP RSP

| garrison = Velankulam

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| motto = Agile & Audacious

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| identification_symbol_label = Air Mobile shoulder Tag and badge

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| battles = Sri Lankan Civil War

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The Air Mobile Brigade is a formation of the Sri Lanka Army which functions as a rapid deployment force using air mobility provided by the mostly Mil Mi-17s of the No. 6 Squadron of the Sri Lanka Air Force. The brigade was established in 1994 under the command of Brigadier H. N. Halangoda. Currently it is attached to the 53 Division.{{cite news |title=Air Mobile Brigade: For the Nation's Dazzling Future |url=https://www.dailynews.lk/2021/10/07/features/261273/air-mobile-brigade-nation%E2%80%99s-dazzling-future |access-date=8 October 2021 |work=Daily News}}

Military operations undertaken

Current Units

Past Brigade commanders

See also

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