PASUKAN KHAS UDARA (PASKAU)

For the second post, I would feature 'Malaysian Air Commandos' which is Pasukan Khas Udara, (PASKAU) TUDM.

The Pasukan Khas Udara, PASKAU, is an elite counter-terrorism force and special operations tactical within the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF). Its main responsibility is to conduct combat search and rescue missions (CSAR) and the recovery of downed aircrew as well as counter-terrorism assault.

It has a specialized of Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) and can be deployed behind enemy lines to assist in target designation for RMAF strike missions.

PASKAU was part of a contingent which also included the 10th Parachute Brigade, Grup Gerak Khas and PASKAL which were deployed to assist the administrative workload at the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) headquarters in Lebanon which 160 soldiers including 3 Malaysian SOF as the Quick Reaction Team.

PASKAU, together with the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) and the 10th Parachute Brigade of the Malaysian Army, were involved on 14 March 2004, in the search and rescue of the occupants of a civilian Piper 28 aircraft which had crashed. The aircraft went down in a heavily forested area 3.2 kilometers south-west of the Langat Dam, Selangor. The pilot, Captain Nasir Ma Lee, was killed while the passenger, Nazarullah Mohd Sultan, was found alive.