Five SAS missions that have defined each of the last five decades

Here are five SAS missions that defined the last five decades. Operation Nimrod – Iranian Embassy Siege (1980)On May 5, 1980, B Squadron SAS stormed the Iranian Embassy in London, ending a six-day siege. Operation Flavius – Gibraltar Shootings (1988)In March 1988, the SAS carried out Operation Flavius in Gibraltar, shooting dead three IRA members believed to be preparing a car-bomb attack. Operation Trent – Afghanistan Opium Plant Raid (2001)In late 2001, the SAS mounted Operation Trent, a large-scale raid against a Taliban and al-Qaeda-linked opium processing facility in southern Afghanistan. The operation marked the Regiment's first wartime HALO jump and the largest SAS operation in its history at that time.