The history of British special air service corps

South A.S was founded at the beginning of World War II, and its original name was "Airborne Gorman". At that time, many "special" units also rose in succession. "Team L" was first established. It was not until June 1942 that the number of the troops increased to 390 and was renamed as the "First Airborne Secret Service". After several reorganizations and a period of expansion, an S.A.S brigade was established in Scotland in June1994 65438+1October, including two British regiments (1st and 2ndSAS), two French regiments (3rd and 4thSAS) and a Belgian squadron (later 1st SAS).

S.A.S has been through all the desert battles. In Italy and northwest Europe, it was called "azazel" by the Germans because of its well-trained small groups fighting independently behind enemy lines. Even Rommel, the famous German commander "Desert Fox", reluctantly ordered: "The captured SS prisoners should be shot on the spot." After the European War, the British army was extremely eager to get rid of its title of "private army", and S.A.S was one of those troops who wanted to get rid of this title. 5thSAS was taken over by Belgian army on September 1945, and 3rd SAS and 4thSAS were handed over to French army one month later. A week later, the command centers of S.A.S. and 1stSAS and 2ndSAS were dissolved, which shows that the British army hopes that S.A.S. will disappear completely and forever.

But it takes more time to suppress a good organization, and within a few months, they decided to have a role like S.A.S to be active in future wars. This led a local self-defense force "rifle expert" to become 2 1 special aviation team (2 1stSAS). 2 1 Corps includes two wartime special aviation corps (1st and 2ndSAS), which changed their positions after the merger.

One of the earliest anti-colonial wars in Britain after the war was the Malayan "Emergency Action" (1948 to 1960). Brigadier General Cavite, a very famous former commander of S.A.S., arrived in Malaya in 195 1 and established the Malayan Reconnaissance Team (S.A.S.), which quickly expanded to the regiment level. 1952, "Malayan reconnaissance team" was renamed the 22nd Special Aviation Corps (22ndSAS), thus leaving a record of S.A.S's official return to the regular army. The reputation of the stormtroopers in Malaya is no less than that of any army. They stayed deep in the jungle for a long time and established a particularly close relationship with the local aborigines. They also invented the tactic of descending to the jungle ground with long ropes when landing in trees.

When the conflict in Malaya began to subside, S.A.S was sent to Oman in Arabian Peninsula from June19581October to June 65438+February, where they made a bold attack, targeting the rebels in Akdag Mountains at an altitude of 2,500 meters, in their own territory. After this success and the suspension in malvin, 22 ndsa moved to England, and they are now stationed in bradbury, a famous base in hereford. But today they have been reduced to a headquarters and two "saber" squadrons.

Soon after, the Far East waved to them again. This was the "hostile battle" in Borneo. /kloc-in October, an assault squadron arrived there. Their success led to more demand for S.A.S by the British Army. The third team was reorganized in the middle of 1963. This reorganization coincided with the outbreak of war in Aden. From 1964 to 1966, these three 22ndSAS squadrons were stationed between Britain, Borneo and Aden in turn, which was called "Happy Time" in China. 1967 after the two wars, S.A.S had a short period of unified strengthening and retraining.

1969, the situation in Northern Ireland suddenly became turbulent, and S.A.S began a long-term confrontation with the Irish Peace Army. At the same time, repeated problems in Malaya and Oman also led S.A.S to return to the local station. 1972 In July, in a battle in Mobet, Oman, S.A.S soldiers of 10 and a few local soldiers defeated about 250 dissidents in an impressive battle. S.A.S continued to stay in Oman for many years, and there may still be some members there. 1August, 983, it was first revealed that S.A.S was training similar special forces for the Sultan monarch, including skydiving, and training to survive on a small amount of food for several days in the desert environment. 19 the "anti-guerrilla warfare" in the early 1950s, 1960s and 1970s has been replaced by the "war on terror". In the process of playing this new role, S.A.S quickly developed a set of unparalleled tactics. The tactics developed by S.A.S are widely circulated in the western world, inspired by the confrontation between Northern Ireland and the Irish Peace Army (IRA) and the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA). As a result, S.A.S was not only consulted by other governments and special forces, but also directly participated in some "foreign" combat operations. Therefore, in 1977 and 10, two S.A.S members launched an operation with the German Ninth Border Guard (GSG-9) to recapture the German passenger plane hijacked to Mogadishu.

However, among these episodes, the most famous one was the hostage-taking incident at the Iranian Embassy in London in May, 1980, when S.A.S' s tough tactics were all presented in front of TV cameras all over the world. Due to the strict laws in Britain, the police in the capital commanded the whole operation until the terrorists killed a hostage and dumped his body on the street. The police then asked S.A.S to take over the matter. The S.A.S team rushed into the embassy and used special weapons and tactics to rescue all the remaining hostages.

This amazing success, especially in the world media eager for heroes, made S.A.S more famous.

By 1982, S.A.S seems to be finalizing its anti-terrorism role. To everyone's surprise, the Falklands War broke out in Argentina. The 22nd NDAS immediately joined the war, and took this opportunity to remind the world that they are the first and first-class professional soldiers, specially trained for the war. They were pioneers in returning to South Georgia, although the first helicopter landing search operation was aborted due to very bad weather. The second landing was an inflatable boat, and most people reached the shore. However, a small boat was damaged because the soldiers didn't want to call for help by radio, and it was quickly blown to the east. Fortunately, they hit a prominent part of the island and were later rescued by helicopter. At the same time, in Park Jung Su Wigan, the squadron command center and a D squadron used the damaged Argentine submarine "Santa Fe" to rush into and defeat the base fortress, and South Georgia quickly returned to British control.

The first batch of S.A.S soldiers landed on East Falkland Island on May 1, and they stayed there for about 30 days in bad weather and close to the enemy. They provide important information about military operations and deployment, and even mark enemy planes and warehouses for air strikes and naval artillery support. May 14. S.A.S raided the cobblestone island and blew up the 1 1 Argentine plane, returning to its original role in the desert of North Africa 40 years ago. There are also reports that they have been active in Argentina, although this news has never been officially recognized.

After the victory in the Falkland Islands, South Africa continued to receive media attention. The regiment continued its role in fighting terrorism, which made them notorious among the supporters of the Irish Republican Army. After Gilbert Ratt successfully stopped and killed three IRA members, IRA supporters hated the Special Security Service even more.

199 1 year, S.A.S found that they were back in the desert, fighting the equivalent American special forces, especially searching for Iraqi Scud missiles with Delta Force. American commandos attacked missile storage institutions and command and control centers in Iraq. There are also hand-held laser pens to indicate the important target areas bombed by allied laser-guided ammunition.

In 20 12, the British Special Air Service Corps set up a base near Oxford University. In order to facilitate the site selection, it sought out potential Oxford University graduates to join, hoping to attract the best graduates to join the training and carry out anti-terrorism and intelligence gathering tasks.