Special Air Service

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military unit special forces unit

The Special Air Service (SAS) is an elite British special forces unit renowned for its expertise in counterterrorism, covert reconnaissance, and high-risk military operations worldwide.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Special Air Service canonical 64
British Special Air Service 8
United Kingdom Special Forces 6

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military unit ⓘ
special forces unit ⓘ
allegiance British Crown ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
conflict Falklands War ⓘ
Gulf War ⓘ
Borneo Confrontation ⓘ
surface form: Indonesian Confrontation

Iraq War ⓘ
Malayan Emergency ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War

The Troubles ⓘ
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
surface form: War in Afghanistan
country United Kingdom ⓘ
foundingDate 1941 ⓘ
garrison Hereford ⓘ
garrisonCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
garrisonLocation Stirling Lines ⓘ
hasSquadron 21 SAS ⓘ
SAS ⓘ
surface form: 22 SAS

23 SAS ⓘ
insigniaText Who Dares Wins ⓘ
militaryBranch Special Air Service self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: United Kingdom Special Forces
motto Who Dares Wins ⓘ
notableFor counterterrorism expertise ⓘ
covert reconnaissance operations ⓘ
high-risk military operations ⓘ
notableOperation Iranian Embassy siege ⓘ
Operation Nimrod ⓘ
operationalScope worldwide ⓘ
partOf British Army ⓘ
role counterinsurgency ⓘ
counterterrorism ⓘ
covert reconnaissance ⓘ
direct action ⓘ
hostage rescue ⓘ
special operations ⓘ
selectionFeature extremely demanding selection process ⓘ
selectionType voluntary ⓘ
shortName SAS ⓘ
symbol winged dagger ⓘ
trainingFocus amphibious operations ⓘ
close-quarters combat ⓘ
desert warfare ⓘ
mountain warfare ⓘ
parachuting ⓘ
small unit tactics ⓘ
survival and evasion ⓘ
type air-mobile special forces ⓘ

Referenced by (83)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British Army → hasBranch → Special Air Service ⓘ
British Armed Forces → specialForcesUnit → Special Air Service ⓘ
Special Air Service → militaryBranch → Special Air Service self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Kingdom Special Forces
Special Reconnaissance Regiment → partOf → Special Air Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Kingdom Special Forces
Special Reconnaissance Regiment → worksAlongside → Special Air Service ⓘ
Brecon Beacons in Wales → usedBy → Special Air Service ⓘ
subject surface form: Brecon Beacons
Special Boat Service → partOf → Special Air Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Kingdom Special Forces
Special Boat Service → sisterUnit → Special Air Service ⓘ
21 SAS → partOf → Special Air Service ⓘ
SAS → branch → Special Air Service ⓘ
subject surface form: Special Air Service
this entity surface form: United Kingdom Special Forces
SAS → formedAs → Special Air Service ⓘ
subject surface form: Special Air Service
this entity surface form: L Detachment, Special Air Service Brigade
Stirling Lines → garrison → Special Air Service ⓘ
Stirling Lines → tenants → Special Air Service ⓘ
Stirling Lines → associatedWith → Special Air Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Kingdom Special Forces
Stirling Lines → isHeadquartersOf → Special Air Service ⓘ
Iranian Embassy siege → counterTerrorismUnit → Special Air Service ⓘ
Iranian Embassy siege → category → Special Air Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: Special Air Service operations
23 SAS → partOf → Special Air Service ⓘ
23 SAS → supportsCommand → Special Air Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Kingdom Special Forces
Operation Nimrod → conductedBy → Special Air Service ⓘ
Operation Nimrod → plannedBy → Special Air Service ⓘ
Special Forces Support Group → supportsUnit → Special Air Service ⓘ
Director Special Forces → oversees → Special Air Service ⓘ
Hereford → hasMilitaryUnit → Special Air Service ⓘ
Aden Emergency → militaryForceUsed → Special Air Service ⓘ
Operation Corporate → participant → Special Air Service ⓘ
Special Air Service Regiment → inspiredBy → Special Air Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Special Air Service
The Final Option → hasSubject → Special Air Service ⓘ
The Final Option → depictsOrganization → Special Air Service ⓘ
John Patrick Mason → militaryBranch → Special Air Service ⓘ
1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta → inspiredBy → Special Air Service ⓘ
Lieutenant General Sir Peter de la Billière → servedInUnit → Special Air Service ⓘ
subject surface form: Peter de la Billière
CAG → inspiredBy → Special Air Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Special Air Service
1st SFOD-D → inspiredBy → Special Air Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Special Air Service
Claret operations → participant → Special Air Service ⓘ
New Zealand Special Air Service → inspiredBy → Special Air Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Special Air Service
New Zealand Special Air Service → cooperatesWith → Special Air Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: Special Air Service (United Kingdom)
UK Special Forces (at strategic level) → hasUnit → Special Air Service ⓘ
subject surface form: UK Special Forces
SBS → similarTo → Special Air Service ⓘ
subject surface form: Special Boat Service
The Boat Service → cooperatesWith → Special Air Service ⓘ
MP5 submachine gun → notableUser → Special Air Service ⓘ
subject surface form: MP5
this entity surface form: British SAS
Wilfred Thesiger → militaryBranch → Special Air Service ⓘ
Hugh Collinson in Strike Back → hasMilitaryBackground → Special Air Service ⓘ
subject surface form: Hugh Collinson
Artists Rifles → associatedWith → Special Air Service ⓘ
Who Dares Wins → associatedWith → Special Air Service ⓘ
Who Dares Wins → associatedWith → Special Air Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Special Air Service
Who Dares Wins → usedBy → Special Air Service ⓘ
SAS winged dagger cap badge → emblemOf → Special Air Service ⓘ
SAS winged dagger cap badge → emblemOf → Special Air Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Special Air Service
22 SAS Regiment → partOf → Special Air Service ⓘ