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Entire SFF is not is not SF but it has three commando battalions, one of these battalions is normally stationed on the Siachen Glacier with the other Indian troops. The remaining SFF members were still trained for guerrilla operations in China. All SFF commandos are parachute qualified after five jumps, with three refresher jumps every year. SFF commandos wear the formation insignia on the shoulder with an Indian Army parachute wing being worn on the right breast. An airborne maroon beret is worn with a distinctive SFF beret badge and an SFF tab in worn on both shoulders. In 1989, the SFF began wearing standard Indian DPM (Disruptive Pattern Material) camouflage.SFF is not a SF, they are a clandestine unit mostly targeted at China- they don't take part in CT ops or anything of that kind. Their utility in peacetime is incredibly limited.
Their utility during peacetime is limited to certain extent but not fully restricted for e.g
SFF did participate to the OP Blue Star, not with Tibetan jawans, but Nepalis who were present during the assault.
The Establishment 22, had recruited Nepalis in the Force. It has a force of around 700 Gorkhas at any given time. For reasons that one can understand, the Tibetans were not sent to Amritsar. It remains true that the Force participated to the Operation; the troops even did some rehearsal at the SSF's Headquarters in Chakrata (Uttarakhand).