Reconnaissance, for encountering and neutralizing the airfield based terror-threats.

While the Army might have provided some Special Forces units to the Air Force, its units were always subject to being posted out on rotation to other areas as per the Army's requirements. It was felt that the specialized training the Air Force would have provided for such units would have to be repeated for the replacement units. The initial plans mooted in October 2001 called for a specialized force with 2000 commandos.