The Australian contribution to the War in Afghanistan has been known as Operation Slipper and Operation Highroad.
Infantry from 3 RAR patrol Tarin Kowt in August 2008 as part of Reconstruction Task Force 4
A No. 33 Squadron Boeing 707 refuelling a US Navy F/A-18 in 2002
Australian and US Army engineers working on a bridge in Afghanistan in August 2008
Australian Special Operations Task Group in Afghanistan's Uruzgan Province in January 2010
Special Air Service Regiment
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The Special Air Service Regiment, officially abbreviated SASR and commonly known as the SAS, is a special forces unit of the Australian Army. Formed in 1957 as a company, it was modelled on the Britis
Australia in the War in Afghanistan
…and ended on 31 December 2014. During the first phase of Operation Slipper, the Australian Defence Force (ADF) commitment to Afghanistan consisted of a Special Forces Task Group and two Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Boeing 707 air-to-air refuelling aircraft from No. 33 Squadron. These aircraft and associated…
Members of the Queensland branch of the Australian Special Air Service association during the 2007 ANZAC Day march in Brisbane
An SASR patrol during Operation Coburg, South Vietnam 1968.
SASR soldiers returning to the main Australian base at Nui Dat after a patrol in May 1970
The two SASR recipients of the Victoria Cross for Australia for actions in Afghanistan, Mark Donaldson and Ben Roberts-Smith, in 2011