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...

Liberation Army Air Force People's Liberation Army Air Force Airborne Corps Airborne Corps Special Forces Brigade National Army of Colombia Special Forces Division...

Special reconnaissance (SR) is conducted by small units, such as a recon team, made up of highly trained military personnel, usually from special forces...

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...

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...

Unit, Operational Swimmer Group OSS Weather Observers Special Allied Airborne Reconnaissance Force (SAARF) Korean War Air Resupply And Communications Service...

and United States special operations forces. List of military special forces units Commando Airborne forces Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol Frogman List...

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...

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...

101st Airborne soldiers as "chicken men." Tiger Force was the nickname of a long-range reconnaissance patrol unit of the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 327th...

of organizations possess the capability to conduct special reconnaissance (SR) and other special operations roles, with SR often by specialists within...

Special Frontier Force. In 1968 with the help of Aviation Research Centre (ARC), SFF were provided with airlift facilities and became fully airborne-qualified...

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...

Air Force Combat Control Teams, singular Combat Controller (CCT) (AFSC 1Z2X1), are an elite special operations force (specifically known as "special tactics...

Resistance during World War II Special Allied Airborne Reconnaissance Force Timeline of SOE's Prosper Network Z Special Unit "Special Operations Executive". National...

Separate Reconnaissance Regiment, which was subordinated to the GRU military intelligence for operations despite being part of the Airborne Forces. In...

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...

SAARF may refer to: Special Allied Airborne Reconnaissance Force South African Audience Research Foundation, a non-profit organization which publishes...

unconventional techniques and modes of employment." Special operations may include reconnaissance, unconventional warfare, and counterterrorism, and are...

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...

out of Europe to be Deputy Commander of the Special Allied Airborne Reconnaissance Force (SAARF) a special forces unit based in Wentworth, England, tasked...

were formed, including the 5th Parachute Brigade, the 6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment, the 53rd (Worcester Yeomanry) Airlanding Light Regiment...

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...

including counter-terrorism, hostage rescue, direct action and special reconnaissance. Much of the information about the SAS is highly classified, and...

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"...

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...

Aeronautica Militare (Air force) and the Arma dei Carabinieri (Gendarmerie). Italian Armed Forces special units are divided into Special Forces (TIER 1)[citation...

USSOCOM is involved with clandestine activity, such as direct action, special reconnaissance, counter-terrorism, foreign internal defense, unconventional warfare...

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...

Department of Defense, Reserve Officer Training Corps, and allied military personnel. U.S. Army Airborne School, circa 1943 Office of War Information film on...