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In 1998, the SASR made its first squadron-strength deployment since Vietnam when 1 Squadron, with an attached New Zealand SAS troop, was deployed to Kuwait in February as part of the American-led Operation Desert Thunder. The force, known as Anzac Special Operations Force (ANZAC SOF), was fully integrated, with the New Zealanders providing the ...
A No. 33 Squadron Boeing 707 refuelling a US Navy F/A-18 in 2002. During the first phase of Operation Slipper, the Australian Defence Force (ADF) commitment to Afghanistan consisted of a Special Forces Task Group and two Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Boeing 707 air-to-air refuelling aircraft from No. 33 Squadron.
Sqn Ldr G H F Plinston, DFC March 1943: June 1943: Sqn Ldr J S Taylor, DFC June 1943: September 1943: Sqn Ldr Stanisław Skalski, VM, KW, DSO, DFC and two Bars September 1943: March 1944: Maj M S Osler, DFC March 1944: July 1944: Sqn Ldr J H Nicholls, DFC July 1944: January 1945: Sqn Ldr Robert Wilkinson Turkington, DFC January 1945: May 1945 ...
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.
The initial commitment of aircraft included: six F/A-18F Super Hornet strike aircraft from No. 1 Squadron RAAF, one E-7A Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft from No. 2 Squadron RAAF and one KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport from No. 33 Squadron RAAF. [28] The ATG began operations on 1 October 2014. [29]
A special mission unit (SMU), at one time referred to as a "tier 1" unit, [1] is a designation for the United States military's most highly secretive and elite special operations forces. [2] The term special missions unit is also used in Australia to describe the Special Air Service Regiment .
In March 1944, F Squadron, GHQ Liaison Regiment was added to the brigade. In 1945, the Belgian parachute company was redesignated as 5th Special Air Service. The French units were also redesignated as the 2nd Parachute Chasseur Regiment and the 3rd Parachute Chasseur Regiment (abbreviated as 2 RCP and 3 RCP). [1]
1 April 1934: Sqn Ldr H. Murray-Philipson, MP: 1 April 1934: 1 April 1938: Sqn Ldr Lord G.N. Douglas-Hamilton, AFC 1 April 1938: 4 June 1940: Sqn Ldr E.H. Stevens 4 June 1940: 1 April 1941: Sqn Ldr G.L. Denholm, DFC: 1 April 1941: 25 July 1941: Sqn Ldr F.M. Smith 25 July 1941: 17 October 1941: Sqn Ldr M.J. Loudon 17 October 1941: 18 December ...