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Photo by Leading Aircraftman Rodney Welch Caption: Australian Special Forces performing a building clearance part of their demonstration at Holsworthy Barracks. Deep Caption: Special Operations Command -- Australia demonstrated its counter-terrorist capabilities to 150 Australian and overseas delegates attending the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Australia 2007 Security Conference at Holsworthy on December 13th, 2006. Operators from the 4RAR (Cdo) Tactical Assault Group - East and the Incident Response Regiment provided static and dynamic displays of enhanced capabilities available to State security agencies should they require assistance in resolving a terrorist incident. APEC 2007 involves 100 days of meetings throughout Australia prior to the APEC Leaders meeting in Sydney. The display was part of a larger day-long activity that included demonstrations by the NSW Police and the Australian Federal Police. Selengkapnya...

SAS / SBS in A'stan

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SPECIAL AIR SERVICE

Special Air Service

The Special Air Service (SAS) is the principal special forces organisation of the British Army. Formed in 1941 to conduct raids behind German lines in North Africa, with the Long Range Desert Group, it today serves as a model for similar units fielded by many other countries.

The SAS is a small and secretive organisation, but attracts a disproportionate amount of media coverage. It forms part of the United Kingdom Special Forces, alongside the Special Boat Service (SBS) and the Special Reconnaissance Regiment (SRR).

The SAS is widely regarded as one of the finest and best trained special forces units in the world.

Active:	July 1947-
Type:	Special Forces
Country:	United Kingdom
Branch:	Army
Role:	Counter Revolutionary Warfare/Counter Terrorism (one regiment) Close Target Reconnaissance (two regiments)
Garrison/HQ:	Hereford (22nd Regiment) London (21st Regiment) Wolverhampton (23rd Regiment)
Colonel in Chief:	Colonel of the Regiment: General The Rt Hon Charles Ronald Llewellyn (Guthrie), Baron Guthrie, GCB, LVO, OBE, ADC
Nickname:	The Regiment
Motto:	Who Dares Wins
March:	Quick: Marche du Regiment Parachutiste Belge After the September 11, 2001 attacks, the SAS were involved in operations in Afghanistan. Operation Trent employed half the Regiment in a successful attack on an $85,000,000 opium storage plant in Helmand province, which doubled as an Al-Qaeda local command centre. Roman Abramovich's luxury yacht Ecstasea (launched in 2004) is rumoured to have an ex-SAS crew. On 30 January 2005, an RAF Hercules crashed near Baghdad, killing ten British servicemen. The plane had just dropped off fifty members of G Squadron north of Baghdad for an operation to combat the increased insurgency. On 22 July 2005, the SAS were reported by The Sunday Times to have aided in intelligence gathering and surveillance for the Metropolitan Police which resulted in the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, although the use of SAS forces was later denied by Sir Ian Blair, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police. Following on from the 21 July attacks in London, on 29 July 2005 the SAS assisted in an operation to capture some of the terrorists who are believed to have carried out the attempted attacks. The SAS were seen arriving in unmarked vehicles and wore balaclavas throughout the operation to conceal their identities. The SAS helped with storming the flats in West London and are believed to have fired several shots in the process. On 19 September 2005, two supposed SAS members were arrested in the city of Basra in Iraq. Iraqi police claimed the two were arrested trying to plant bombs dressed in civilian clothing and had shot at police officers. The arrests sparked clashes in which British armoured personnel carriers came under attack from petrol bombs. Later, official Iraqi sources said that British tanks knocked down a wall storming the city's jail and rescuing the soldiers. The British Ministry of Defence initially said that the men's release was negotiated and the tanks were merely trying to collect them. They later, however, claimed that the police had illegally handed the men over to Shi'a militia and it was from these that they had to be rescued. Slow: Lili Marlene

Special Air Service troops pictured in the North African desert during World War 2. The favourite jeep-mounted weapon of the SAS was the Vickers K machine gun, often mounted in pairs. The Vickers K was designed as an air-to-air weapon fitted to British aircraft. Firing a mixture of .303 armour-piercing, tracer and incendiary rounds, the Vickers K was ideal for shooting up parked enemy planes, something the SAS did to great effect during the War. Selengkapnya...

4RAR TAG-E SOTG (4th Royal Autralian Regiment, Tactical Assault Grup-East, Special Operation Group)

SASR Vietnam. I love the L1A1 with the XM148

A few more vietnam era pics. and a Afghanistan pic.

Members of 4 RAR conducting a night patrol in the Middle East. 

 

Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) troopers conduct casting exercises from a 5 Aviation Regiment Black Hawk helicopter as part of ongoing training for Exercise Mercury in the seas north of Australia.

  

Soldiers from 4th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment (4RAR) Commandos conduct an urban assault demonstration at the new Special Forces Training Centre Facility in Holsworthy.

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