School of Infantry and Tactics is a

Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

army infantry and special forces training institute. The institute was founded in 1973 and is based in

Jalalabad Cantonment Jalalabad Cantonment () is a cantonment located in Sylhet, Bangladesh. Jalalabad Cantonment is the home of the Bangladesh Army's 17th Infantry Division (Bangladesh), 17th Infantry Division, the School of Infantry and Tactics, School of Infantry ...

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History

The institute was formed on 19 March 1973 at

Comilla Cantonment Cumilla Cantonment () is a military station of the Bangladesh Army, located near Comilla, Bangladesh. History During the Second World War, a jungle warfare school was set up at Comilla by the 14th Indian Infantry Division, after the mid-1942 A ...

. It was originally called School of Infantry. In 1974, the tactical wing was added and it was moved to

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and renamed School of Infantry and Tactics. In the same year it was renamed COMBAS and divided into separate schools for armour, artillery, engineers, and infantry. In August 1977, The institute was renamed back to School of Infantry and Tactics, as it became focused again on infantry training and other branches of the army developed their own training institutes. The institute was shifted in

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, in 1979, Special Warfare School was merged with the institution as its special warfare wing in 1982.

Bangladesh Army Airborne School

The Bangladesh Army Airborne School, widely known as Para Training School, conducts the basic

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(military parachutist) training for the Bangladesh Armed Forces. It is operated by the Special Warfare Wing of School of Infantry and Tactics. The Airborne School conducts the Basic Para Course and Advance Para Course, Free Fall Course, Rigger Course, Pathfinder Course, Jump Master Course; which are open to troops from all branches of the Bangladesh Armed forces. In 1976, special warfare wing was established at

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. Later, it was shifted to the

. From then this wing started working under the Bangladesh Army School of Infantry and Tactics. This was the first step towards the formation of a special force in Bangladesh. In 1980, the army commando course and the counter-insurgency course was started in special warfare wing. In the same year, the special warfare wing was expanded to special warfare school. The Army Airborne School was established in 1988 at Sylhet Cantonment under Special Warfare Wing. In 1988, the para training course was started for the first time at the special warfare school. A group of Commandos were sent to

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and

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for Advanced Commando and Airborne Training. Successfully completing their training there, they came back home and started Para & Advanced Commando Course in

. It is Major (retired) Ahsan Ilahee who was the first instructor and Pioneer of Parachuting in Bangladesh.

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History

Bangladesh Army Airborne School

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