Fact File

Official Name - Special Air Service

Nicknames - The Regiment, The SAS, The sass...

Motto - "Who Dares Wins", "Speed Agression Suprise" (unofficial)

Description - Britain's elite Special Forces unit.

Readiness - CRW Wing - One troop on 30 minutes standby; one troop on 2 hours standby.
All other squadrons capable of being deployed anywhere in the world within 12 hours.

Specialist Areas - Counter-terrorism (CT), special projects (SP), counter revolutionary warfare (CRW), close target reconnaissance (CTR), quick reaction force (QRF).

Headquarters - Credenhill (former RAF airbase), Hereford, England

Creation - 1941 by David Stirling, Originally a desert raiding force to weaken Axis operations in North Africa.

Operational Areas - North Africa, Europe, Borneo, Malaysia, Beirut, Iraq, England, Afghanistan, Falklands, Gibraltar, Ethiopia, Gambia, Bosnia/Kosovo, South America, Zaire, Ireland...