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  2. History of the Special Air Service - Wikipedia

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    At the end of the war, the British Government could see no need for a SAS-type regiment, but in 1946 it was decided that there was a need for a long-term deep penetration commando or SAS unit. A new SAS regiment was raised as part of the Territorial Army. [25] The regiment chosen to take on the SAS mantle was the Artists Rifles. [25]

  3. Special Air Service Troops - Wikipedia

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    The Special Air Service Troops was a brigade sized formation of the Special Air Service, which was founded on 7 January 1944 in the United Kingdom during the Second World War. The formation was also known as the SAS Brigade. The brigade was a multi-national force of British, French, and Belgian units.

  4. Special Air Service - Wikipedia

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    The Regiment carried out Operation Trent, the largest operation in its history, which included its first wartime HALO parachute jump. Following the invasion, the Regiment continued to operate in Afghanistan against the Taliban and other insurgents until 2006, when its deployment to Iraq became its focus of operations, until 2009 when the SAS ...

  5. List of SAS operations - Wikipedia

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    After a head count, it was realised that 2 soldiers were still in the building (one had been killed and another, an SAS Corporal, was wounded), A squadron's CO and several soldiers moved to the roof of another building from which they could fire onto the target building, whilst several soldiers re-entered the building to find the 2 missing ...

  6. SAS: Rogue Heroes - Wikipedia

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    The first series depicts the origins of the British Army Special Air Service (SAS) during the Western Desert Campaign of World War II. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The storyline is a broadly accurate representation of real events, as described by Ben Macintyre in his 2016 book of the same name.

  7. Special Air Service Regiment - Wikipedia

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    A direct command unit of Special Operations Command, [7] the SASR "is tasked to provide special-operations capabilities in support of the Australian Defence Force. This includes providing unique capabilities to support sensitive strategic operations, hostage rescue, [8] advisory and training assistance, special reconnaissance, precision strike and direct action". [9]

  8. List of former Special Air Service personnel - Wikipedia

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    This list includes notable individuals who served in the Special Air Service (SAS) – (Regular or TA).. Michael Asher – author, historian and desert explorer; Sir Peter de la Billière – Commander-in-Chief British Forces in the Gulf War

  9. Long-range reconnaissance patrol - Wikipedia

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    However, in modern times these specialized units evolved from examples such as Rogers' Rangers in colonial British America, [1] the Lovat Scouts in World War One, the Long Range Desert Group and the Special Air Service in the Western Desert Campaign and North West Europe, similar units such as Force 136 in East Asia, and the special Finnish ...