Special Air Service
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Summary
Special Air Service is an United Kingdom Special Forces[1]. It draws 29,835 Wikipedia views per month (united kingdom special forces category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: United Kingdom[3]
- Instance of: special forces regiment[4]
- Founder: David Stirling[5]
- Military branch: British Army[6]
- Location: London[7]
- Has use: counter-terrorism[8], special operations[9], reconnaissance[10], rescue[11], direct action[12], combat search and rescue[13]
- Commons category: Special Air Service[14]
- Inception: July 1941[15]
- Participated in conflict: World War II[16], Falklands War[17], Operation Overlord[18], Malayan Emergency[19], Iranian Embassy Siege[20], The Troubles[21], Gulf War[22], War in Bosnia and Herzegovina[23], Japanese embassy hostage crisis[24], Sierra Leone Civil War[25], War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)[26], Iraq War[27], Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa[28], Libyan Civil War[29]
- Significant event: alleged murder by SAS soldiers of a suspected jihadist in Syria 2022[30]
- Official website: http://www.army.mod.uk/[31]
- Topic's main category: Category:Special Air Service[32]
- Described at URL: https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/othelem/organ/sorgan.htm[33]
- Motto text: Who Dares Wins[34]
- Motto: Who Dares Wins[35]
- Different from: Special Air Service Regiment[36]
Why It Matters
Special Air Service has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]