SPECIAL AIR SERVICE (SAS)

ABOUT SAS

• is a regiment of the British Army constituted on 31 May 1950;
• It is part of the UKSF and has served as a model for the special forces of many other countries all over the world.
• The Special Air Service presently comprises 22 Special Air Service Regiment of the Regular Army,
• 21 Special Air Service Regiment and 23 Special Air Service Regiment from the Territorial Army;
• It is tasked primarily with counter-terrorism in peacetime and special operations in wartime.

ABOUT SAS

• Active: 1 January 1947 - present;
• Country: United Kingdom;
• Size: ~1000 - three Regiments;
• Garisson: Hereford;
• Colours: Pompadour Blue.

ENGAGEMENTS

• Iraq war;
• War in Afghanistan;
• Operation Ellamy (Lybia);
• NATO intervention in Bosnia;
• Northern Irish Troubles.

HISTORY

• formed by Lieutenant David Stirling;
• The unit was staffed by volunteers from the airborne forces
• to conduct raids and sabotage behind enemy lines in North Africa.

21&23 SAS REGIMENT

• Supporting forces;
• Involved in operation to resolve the conflict;
• Support and influence of the British armed Forces.

22 SAS REGIMENT

• offensive and assault operations;
• anti-revolutionary and anti-terrorist campaign;
• Security operations.

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