Editing Special Air Service (section)

====Malayan Scouts====
[[File:21 SAS NIGHT DROP.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=man in British Army uniform, carrying a parachute helmet and wearing a beret, other men can just be seen in the dark background|21 SAS soldier after a night parachute drop exercise in Denmark (1955)]]

In 1950, a 21 SAS squadron was raised to fight in the [[Korean War]]. After three months of training in Britain, it was informed that the squadron would no longer be required in Korea and so it instead volunteered to fight in the [[Malayan Emergency]].<ref name=mcgregor/> Upon arrival in Malaya, it came under the command of "Mad Mike"<ref>{{cite book |last=Rooney |first=David |date=2007 |title=Mad Mike: A Life of Brigadier Michael Calvert |publisher=Pen and Sword |isbn= 978-1844155071 }}</ref> [[Mike Calvert]] who was forming a new unit called the Malayan Scouts (SAS).<ref name=mcgregor>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1408949/Major-Alastair-McGregor.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1408949/Major-Alastair-McGregor.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Obituary&nbsp;– Major Alastair McGregor|work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |access-date=19 March 2010 | date=3 October 2002}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Calvert had already formed one squadron from 100 volunteers in the Far East, which became A Squadron; the 21 SAS squadron then became B Squadron; and after a recruitment visit to [[Rhodesia]] by Calvert, [[Rhodesian Special Air Service|C Squadron]] was formed from 100 Rhodesian volunteers.<ref>Shortt & McBride, p. 19</ref> The Rhodesians returned home after three years' service and were replaced by a New Zealand squadron.<ref name="Shortt & McBride, p. 20">Shortt & McBride, p. 20</ref> By this time the need for a regular army SAS regiment had been recognised; the 22 SAS Regiment was formally added to the army list in 1952 and has been based at [[Hereford]] since 1960.<ref name="g150">Griffin, pp. 150–152</ref> In 1959 the third regiment, the 23 SAS Regiment, was formed by renaming the Reserve Reconnaissance Unit, which had succeeded [[MI9]] and whose members were experts in [[escape and evasion]].<ref name=sm22/>