Special Air Service (SAS) - Raid On Pebble Island 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 As the British task force steamed towards the Falklands, they became aware of a potential threat emanating from a remote island. The Argentineans had taken over an airstrip on a small island at the northwest corner of West Falklands, called Pebble Island. British Harrier pilots had observed Argentine Pucara ground attack aircraft operating there. The Pucara was a formidable attack aircraft, able to carry an assortment of machine guns

The Rhodesian SAS C (Rhodesia) Squadron, 22 SAS... Still on the order of battle of 22 SAS. C Squadron, Special Air Service Regiment was formed during the Malayan Emergency by volunteers from Rhodesia. It was disbanded in 1953 and became the nucleus of "C" Squadron (Rhodesian) Special Air Service, operational from 1961. In June 1978 "C" Squadron (Rhodesian) Special Air Service became 1 (Rhodesian) Special Air Service Regiment until Rhodesia became Zimbabwe in 1980. | British & Commonwealth Forces

BRITAINS SPECIAL AIR SERVICE REGIMENT - The Special Air Service (SAS) is a special forces unit of the British Army. It was founded as a regiment in 1941 by David Stirling, and in 1950 it was reconstituted as a corps. The unit specialises in a number of roles including counter-terrorism, hostage rescue, direct action and special reconnaissance. Much of the information about the SAS is highly classified, and the unit is not commented on by either the British government or the Ministry of Defence d