• result of its mandate, SHAEF created, in March 1945, The Special Allied Airborne Reconnaissance Force, or SAARF. A golf course and its facilities at Wentworth...
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  • (Stavropol) Russian Airborne Troops 45th Guards Special Purpose Brigade Russian Navy Naval Special Reconnaissance (OMRP) – Reconnaissance divers under operational...
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    The 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) (7th SFG) (A) is an operational unit of the United States Army Special Forces activated on 20 May 1960. It was...
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    Special reconnaissance (SR) is conducted by small units, such as a recon team, made up of highly trained military personnel, usually from special forces...
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    The 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) (5th SFG (A), 5th Group) is one of the most decorated active duty United States Army Special Forces groups. The...
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    and attached to the United States Fifth Army. The Force was later attached to 1st Airborne Task Force which was commanded by then Major General Frederick...
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  • Unit, Operational Swimmer Group OSS Weather Observers Special Allied Airborne Reconnaissance Force (SAARF) Korean War Air Resupply And Communications Service...
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    and United States special operations forces. List of military special forces units Commando Airborne forces Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol Frogman List...
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    Mobile Strike Force. 5.2.8c) SF Reconnaissance Team. 5.2.8d) SF Special Project Unit. During the Vietnam War, the Green Berets of the 5th Special Forces Group...
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  • Resistance during World War II Special Allied Airborne Reconnaissance Force Timeline of SOE's Prosper Network Z Special Unit "Special Operations Executive". National...
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    Special Frontier Force. In 1968 with the help of Aviation Research Centre (ARC), SFF were provided with airlift facilities and became fully airborne-qualified...
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  • of organizations possess the capability to conduct special reconnaissance (SR) and other special operations roles, with SR often by specialists within...
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    101st Airborne soldiers as "chicken men." Tiger Force was the nickname of a long-range reconnaissance patrol unit of the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 327th...
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    USSOCOM is involved with clandestine activity, such as direct action, special reconnaissance, counter-terrorism, foreign internal defense, unconventional warfare...
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    Journal "Army" April 2001 pp. 38–39 82nd Airborne After Action Report Ellis, John (1990). Brute force: allied strategy and tactics in the Second World...
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    were formed, including the 5th Parachute Brigade, the 6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment, the 53rd (Worcester Yeomanry) Airlanding Light Regiment...
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    Air Force Combat Control Teams, singular Combat Controller (CCT) (AFSC 1Z2X1), are an elite special operations force (specifically known as "special tactics...
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    demanded an airborne force, and was initially under command of Major-General Frederick A. M. "Boy" Browning. The division was one of two airborne divisions...
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    frequently postured as QRFs, with a main mission of security and reconnaissance. A quick reaction force belongs directly to the commander of the unit it is created...
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    Separate Reconnaissance Regiment, which was subordinated to the GRU military intelligence for operations despite being part of the Airborne Forces. In...
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  • drive to Rome, where it was the first Allied formation to enter the city.[citation needed] The 1st Special Service Force then advanced as far as the Tiber...
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    airborne formations during the Battle of France in 1940 and later the invasion of Crete in 1941, the various Allied powers decided to raise airborne units...
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  • SAARF may refer to: Special Allied Airborne Reconnaissance Force South African Audience Research Foundation, a non-profit organization which publishes...
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    accessible. Formations of airborne forces are limited only by the number and size of their transport aircraft; a sizeable force can appear "out of the sky"...
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    out of Europe to be Deputy Commander of the Special Allied Airborne Reconnaissance Force (SAARF) a special forces unit based in Wentworth, England, tasked...
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    unconventional techniques and modes of employment." Special operations may include reconnaissance, unconventional warfare, and counterterrorism, and are...
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    Department of Defense, Reserve Officer Training Corps, and allied military personnel. U.S. Army Airborne School, circa 1943 Office of War Information film on...
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  • Aeronautica Militare (Air force) and the Arma dei Carabinieri (Gendarmerie). Italian Armed Forces special units are divided into Special Forces (TIER 1)[citation...
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    75th Ranger Regiment (category Airborne units and formations of the United States Army)
    Company E (Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol), 20th Infantry (Airborne) was activated on 25 September 1967 and assigned to I Field Force and stationed at Phan...
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    including counter-terrorism, hostage rescue, direct action and special reconnaissance. Much of the information about the SAS is highly classified, and...
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