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The result was merge to Sri Lanka Air Force.  Sandstein  09:44, 18 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Unsourced, confused article. SABF is referred to exactly once on the Sri Lanka Air Force's own (quite detailed) web site. SABF appears to be a course that Air Force soldiers can take. SABF is not mentioned on Sri Lanka Air Force or any of its sub-pages. Delete unless it can be sourced with coverage from reliable sources. – Jonesey95 (talk) 15:39, 4 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 15:59, 4 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 15:59, 4 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sri Lanka-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 15:59, 4 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Weak Keep. I believe we generally keep top-level commando units - even if they are small units. In this case this unit is the top-level airborne force (the air-force also has a Sri Lanka Air Force Regiment (and Sri Lanka Air Force Regiment Special Force) which focus on air-base defense) - which is tasked with VIP / counter-terror / covert ops. Sources do exist, e.g. - [1] [2] [3]. (+ seems there is coverage every time a training course is completed - often in conjunction with other units).Icewhiz (talk) 07:08, 5 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. With the sources and information identified by Icewhiz and bearing in mind WP:CSB, I think there is enough here for an article that is suitable for Wikipedia. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 00:54, 6 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge with the Sri Lanka Air Force page - FOX 52 (talk) 06:15, 6 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Tendency towards a merge with Sri Lanka Air Force. The shorter article is not too long for a merge to take place and it is currently labelled as an orphaned article. Vorbee (talk) 16:32, 11 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge with Sri Lanka Air Force, mostly due to the article's length. If it has been expanded further then we can have the standalone article again. Lorstaking (talk) 04:51, 12 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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