The final demonstration of the Joint Exercise Cormorant Strike 2015 was held at Punnakudha area yesterday (23 September 2015).

This was the climax of the entire operation where the Commando Regiment and Special Forces executed their final assaults capturing simulated hostile Bases in Punnakudha by deploying small groups in coordination with the Air Force and the Navy.

SLAF conducted AI missions, Rig and Drop, CASEVAC and Heli insertion/extraction.

The Commander of the Air Force Air Marshal Gagan Bulathsinghala also viewed the exercise which was conducted in Punnakudha, Batiticaloa.