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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 ...
2 May – SAS Captain Herbert Richard Westmacott was killed by a unit of the Provisional IRA Belfast Brigade known as the "M60 Gang" during a shoot-out on the Antrim Road. Westmacott was one of the most senior British Army personnel to be killed by the IRA during Operation Banner and the most senior SAS man. [41] [42] [43]
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Operation Banner was the operational name for the British Armed Forces' operation in Northern Ireland from 1969 to 2007, as part of the Troubles. It was the longest continuous deployment in British military history .
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; Julian Brazier TD – MP for Canterbury; Charles "Nish" Bruce QGM – freefall expert; Charles R. Burton ...
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