List of SAS operations

The following is a list of known Special Air Service (SAS) operations.

World War II Operations

Known Post-War Operations

Operation Date Country Notes
Claret June 1964  Indonesia Series of high risk deniable cross-border patrols into Indonesia.
Operation Storm 1970–1977  Oman
Fire Magic 13 October 1977  Somalia Highjack of Lufthansa Flight 181. Supplemented German GSG9 commando operation.
Nimrod 30 April - 5 May 1980  United Kingdom Rescue of hostages in the Iranian embassy siege in London.
Folklore
Keyhole 19–20 June 1982  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Operations on South Georgia Island.
Pebble Island Raid 14–15 May 1982  Falkland Islands Attack on Argentinian-held airbase in the Falklands.
Flavius 6 March 1988  Gibraltar Operation in Gibraltar against the IRA.
Granby January 1991  Iraq Included the well documented Bravo Two Zero patrol.
Barras September 2000  Sierra Leone Rescue of 6 captured Royal Irish Rangers in Sierra Leone.
Trent November 2001  Afghanistan Attack on an Al Qaeda opium plant and command centre.
Condor May 2002  Afghanistan
Marlborough July 2005  Iraq
Moshtarak March 2010  Afghanistan A part of a U.S.-led operation in Helmand Province, operating with Navy SEALs striking against and capturing Taliban leaders.
NATO in Libya March 2011  Libya/ Libya An operation to contact the Libyan rebel and opposition Leaders of Colonel Gaddafi. The mission was a failure after the team was captured and held prisoner for 72 hours by Libyan rebels.[1]
new information has appeared which say that the mission and the prisoners were SBS & not SAS members.[2][3]

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