Colonel Euan Houstoun, who has died aged 78, served with the Grenadier Guards and the Special Forces and commanded a squadron of 22 SAS Regiment behind enemy lines in the Falklands War. In April 1982, ...
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British and Australian Special Air Service Close Out 2025 Under Pressure, Reform, and an Expanding Mission Set
As 2025 ends, the British Special Air Service and Australia’s Special Air Service Regiment remain in the international spotlight for two reasons. Both units continue to play central roles in national ...
The Special Air Service Regiment, officially abbreviated SASR though commonly known as the SAS, is a special forces unit of the Australian Army. Formed in 1957, it was modelled on the British SAS ...
Today even medium-sized police forces have special units that can deal in hostage rescue operations, but 40 years ago this was anything but the norm. It all changed on April 30, 1980, when the Iranian ...
When Algerian actress Sofia Boutella bumped into Ben Macintyre at a screening of the new series of SAS Rogue Heroes, she playfully asked the journalist-cum-historian why he hadn't included her ...
Twenty years ago Thursday, the British Army’s 22nd Special Air Service Regiment D-Squadron carried out a daring rescue operation in Sierra Leone. By the end of the battle which followed, all of the ...
To join the ranks of Australia's elite SAS regiment you've got to make it through one of the toughest training courses in the world.
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