Exclusive: Special Forces veterans break cover over plans to repeal N Ireland Legacy Act
The secretary of the SAS Regimental Association tells BFBS Forces News of their concerns for historic prosecutions over Troubles operations
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Feature 'Uncanny' parallels between Ukraine's Op Spiderweb and SAS missions during World War 2
Author and historian Damien Lewis spoke to BFBS Forces News before the release of his new book, SAS The Great Train Raid
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Special forces Daring SAS raid to liberate hundreds from concentration camp revealed after 80 years
The Special Air Service op was so audacious it might be dismissed as being too far-fetched even for Hollywood - but it took place in 1943.
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Special forces Former SBS operative turned TV personality Ant Middleton sued by the MOD
The MOD lodges legal papers against the SAS: Who Dares Wins star, allegedly relating to social media posts over his time in Special Forces
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Special forces Cost of Silence: Can SAS veterans 'talk about it' without saying too much?
Given that special operators must maintain a vow of silence around their operations, how do you 'talk about it' when you can't speak about ...
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Opinion When it comes to our Special Forces, we should take a leaf out of America's book
The US reveres and protects its most elite military personnel, and Hamish de Bretton-Gordon argues the UK should be doing the same
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Feature How do-or-die spirit of SAS was vital in their great escapes from PoW camps during WW2
Damien Lewis' latest book, SAS Great Escapes 4, shines a light on five daring escapes carried out by the SAS during the Second World War
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Feature Kamikaze Des, unshakeable 2IC of legendary Bravo Three Zero patrol during Gulf War
Des Powell's new book SAS: My Trial by Fire in hardback is out now
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WWII Untold stories of UK's military intelligence to be showcased in secret Blitz tunnels
The tunnels will provide a dramatic backdrop to telling the story of the past, present and future of military intelligence
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Veterans Chelsea Pensioner and last survivor of Raiding Support Regiment turns 103
John Morris served on operations in Albania, Yugoslavia, Montenegro and Greece and went on to have a career in the TA after the war ended.
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Special forces Poll: Overwhelming support for retrospective Victoria Cross for war heroes like Mayne
Should Paddy Maybe be retrospectively awarded a VC?
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Special forces Defence minister orders review into SAS hero Paddy Mayne's denied Victoria Cross
The founding member of the Special Air Service was awarded the DSO four times during World War Two but never given the VC.
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Northern Ireland MOD to challenge coroner's finding that Clonoe IRA shootings were not justified
Four members of the IRA were killed by British personnel in February 1992.
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Opinion Opinion: Why the SAS didn't try to capture the Provisional IRA at Clonoe
The PIRA members clearly knew that if they clashed with the SAS it was unlikely they would survive.
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Middle East Special Forces veterans complete Lawrence of Arabia's historic 25-day camel trek
The team were the first to complete the journey on camels since T.E. Lawrence, Sherif Nasir, Auda Abu Tayi, and Nesib el Bekri in 1917.
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Special forces Special Forces veterans reach final 100km of Lawrence of Arabia's historic route
Four Special Forces veterans are following in the footsteps of TE Lawrence – who united the Arab tribes during the First World War.