The following is a list of known Special Air Service (SAS) operations.
Operation | Date | Country | Notes |
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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. |
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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] |