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  2. Special Air Service Regiment - Wikipedia

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    SASR medics deployed with some of the weapons inspection teams, and at times were also employed as drivers and for "personal protection" tasks. [67] [68] Several SASR signallers from 152 Signal Squadron also deployed to the Western Sahara between September 1991 and May 1994 as part of the Australian contingent there. [67]

  3. Australia in the War in Afghanistan - Wikipedia

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    All three squadrons of the Australian Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) were deployed to Afghanistan in 2001 and 2002. The dates of these deployments were: [5] 1 Squadron Group, SASR: (October 2001 – April 2002) 3 Squadron Group, SASR: (April 2002 – August 2002) 2 Squadron Group, SASR: (August 2002 – November 2002)

  4. Special mission unit - Wikipedia

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    The SASR currently has four sabre squadrons, known as 1, 2, 3 and 4 squadron. [24] The first two squadrons rotate through the two roles performed by the regiment; ...

  5. List of SAS operations - Wikipedia

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    Seizure of H-2 and H-3 Air Bases, 18 and 25 March 2003, after infiltrating Iraq at full strength, a combined force consisting of B and D squadron of British Special Air Service and 1 squadron of Australian Special Air Service Regiment set up observation posts around H-2 and H-3 air base and called in airstrikes that defeated the Iraqi defenders ...

  6. Matthew Locke (soldier) - Wikipedia

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    Locke was subsequently posted to 2 Squadron, Special Air Service Regiment (SASR). [1] In 2004/2005 he was assigned as one of the bodyguards for Major General Jim Molan, who was then Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations in the new Headquarters Multinational Force in Iraq.

  7. Bravo Two Zero - Wikipedia

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    Bravo Two Zero was the call sign of an eight-man British Army Special Air Service (SAS) patrol, deployed into Iraq during the First Gulf War in January 1991. According to Chris Ryan's account, the patrol was given the task of gathering intelligence, finding a good lying-up position (LUP), setting up an observation post (OP), and monitoring enemy movements, especially Scud missile launchers [1 ...

  8. 2nd Commando Regiment (Australia) - Wikipedia

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    A reinforced commando platoon formed an element of the Australian Special Forces Task Group (SFTG), which also included 1 Squadron, SASR, a troop from the Incident Response Regiment, and three CH-47 Chinook helicopters from the 5th Aviation Regiment. The commandos formed the "quick reaction" element for the task group.

  9. Australia in the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation - Wikipedia

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    The other flying units were No. 2 Squadron, which operated Canberra bombers and a small number of Dakota transports, and the UH-1 Iroquois-equipped No. 5 Squadron. No. 78 Wing and No. 2 Squadron had been based at Butterworth since 1958 and No. 5 Squadron arrived in 1964 in response to one of the Malaysian Government's requests for assistance ...