Editing Special Air Service (section)

===Influence on other special forces===
Following the post-war reconstitution of the Special Air Service, other countries in the [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] recognised their need for similar units. The [[Canadian Special Air Service Company]] was formed in 1947, being disbanded in 1949.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wlu.ca/lcmsds/cmh/back%20issues/CMH/volume%2010/issue%201/Horn%20-%20A%20Military%20Enigma%20-%20The%20Canadian%20Special%20Air%20Service%20Company,%201948-1949.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111501/http://www.wlu.ca/lcmsds/cmh/back%20issues/CMH/volume%2010/issue%201/Horn%20-%20A%20Military%20Enigma%20-%20The%20Canadian%20Special%20Air%20Service%20Company,%201948-1949.pdf|url-status=dead|title=''A Military Enigma: The Canadian Special Air Service Company, 1948–1949'', by Lieutenant-Colonel Bernd Horn, Assistant Professor of History, Royal Military College Kingston. Canadian Military History, Volume 10, Number 1. Winter 2001.|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.canadiansoldiers.com/organization/specialforces/canadian_sas.htm|title=www.canadiansoldiers.com|website=www.canadiansoldiers.com|access-date=27 February 2014|archive-date=15 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115120304/http://www.canadiansoldiers.com/organization/specialforces/canadian_sas.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[New Zealand Special Air Service]] squadron was formed in June 1955 to serve with the British SAS in Malaya, which became a full regiment in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of New Zealand's Special Operations Forces|url=http://www.nzdf.mil.nz/about-us/nzsof/history.htm|website=New Zealand Defence Force|access-date=1 January 2017|date=2 October 2014|archive-date=17 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717214549/http://www.nzdf.mil.nz/about-us/nzsof/history.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Australia formed the 1st SAS Company in July 1957, which became a full regiment of the [[Special Air Service Regiment]] (SASR) in 1964.<ref>{{cite web|title=Special Air Service Regiment|url=https://www.army.gov.au/our-people/units/special-operations-command/special-air-service-regiment|website=Australian Army|access-date=1 January 2017|date=14 December 2016|archive-date=1 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101162356/https://www.army.gov.au/our-people/units/special-operations-command/special-air-service-regiment|url-status=dead}}</ref> On its return from Malaya, the C (Rhodesian) Squadron formed the basis for creation of the [[Rhodesian Special Air Service]] in 1961.<ref name=sm22>Shortt & McBride, p. 22</ref> It retained the name "C Squadron (Rhodesian) Special Air Service" within the [[Rhodesian Security Forces]] until 1978, when it became 1 (Rhodesian) Special Air Service Regiment.<ref>Abbott, Peter, ''Modern African Wars (I): Rhodesia 1965–80'', Osprey Publishing London, 2001, p. 18.</ref>

Non-Commonwealth countries have also formed units based on the SAS. The Belgian Army's [[Special Forces Group (Belgium)|Special Forces Group]], which wears the same capbadge as the British SAS, traces its ancestry partly from the [[5th Special Air Service]] of the Second World War.{{refn|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mil.be/fr/unites/special-forces-group|title=Special Forces Group|date=9 December 2013|access-date=21 July 2016|archive-date=15 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915222036/https://www.mil.be/fr/unites/special-forces-group|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfg.be/index.php/en/2013-02-22-16-26-49/history|title=History|work=sfg.be|access-date=3 May 2015|archive-date=27 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027073142/http://sfg.be/index.php/en/2013-02-22-16-26-49/history|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cdomuseum.be/ANGLAIS/00_uk.htm|title=00|access-date=21 July 2016|archive-date=11 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111091956/http://www.cdomuseum.be/ANGLAIS/00_uk.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marsandminerva.co.uk/units.htm|title=Special Air Service Regimental Association – Units Represented|work=marsandminerva.co.uk|access-date=3 May 2015|archive-date=14 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414122352/http://www.marsandminerva.co.uk/units.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.belgiansas.us/history.html|title=''The Belgian SAS in WWII – A Very Short History'', website of the Belgian SAS Reenactment Group|access-date=21 July 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140816181119/http://www.belgiansas.us/history.html|archive-date=16 August 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/SAS|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112054639/http://www.nam.ac.uk/research/famous-units/special-air-service|url-status=dead|title=Special Air Service &#124; National Army Museum|archive-date=12 November 2013|website=www.nam.ac.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paracommando.com/unit.php?1para|title=1 Para: 1 bn Parachutisten Diest |work=paracommando.com|access-date=3 May 2015|archive-date=27 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727051408/http://www.paracommando.com/unit.php?1para|url-status=live}}</ref>}} The French [[1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment]] (1er RPIMa) can trace its origins to the Second World War 3rd and 4th SAS, adopting its "who dares wins" motto.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=14 April 2010|publisher=Ministere de la Defense|title=Demi-brigade de parachutistes SAS|url=http://www.rpima1.terre.defense.gouv.fr/decouverte/historique/indochine/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100503153834/http://www.rpima1.terre.defense.gouv.fr/decouverte/historique/indochine/index.html|archive-date=3 May 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The American unit, [[Delta Force|1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta]], was formed by Colonel [[Charles Alvin Beckwith]], who served with 22 SAS as an [[exchange officer]], and recognised the need for a similar type of unit in the [[United States Army]].<ref name="2012 induction">{{cite web|title=Distinguished member of the special forces regiment – Colonel Charles A. Beckwith |url=http://www.soc.mil/SWCS/RegimentalHonors/_pdf/sf_beckwith.pdf |website=United States Army Special Operations Command |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221090013/http://www.soc.mil/SWCS/RegimentalHonors/_pdf/sf_beckwith.pdf |archive-date=21 December 2016 |date=13 December 2012 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> The Israeli [[Sayeret Matkal]] and [[Shaldag Unit|Shaldag]] units have also been modelled after the SAS, sharing its motto. [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]'s [[Army Ranger Wing]] (ARW) also trains with the SAS.<ref>{{cite news|last=McDonald|first=Henry|title=Elite Irish troops on standby to keep peace in Afghanistan|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/dec/23/afghanistan.henrymcdonald|access-date=15 May 2014|newspaper=The Guardian|date=23 December 2001|archive-date=11 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111092040/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/dec/23/afghanistan.henrymcdonald|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Philippine National Police]]'s [[Special Action Force]] was formed along the lines of the SAS.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://pnp-saf.org.ph/index.php/accom/history |title=History |date=21 October 2020 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021093501/http://pnp-saf.org.ph/index.php/accom/history |archive-date=21 October 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The former Royal Afghan Army's 666th Commando Brigade was formed by Colonel Ramatullah Safi in the 1970s after he received his training with the SAS before it was disbanded through purges after the coups in 1973 and 1978.<ref>''The Better Hammer: Soviet Special Operations Forces and Tactics in Afghanistan 1979–86'', pp. 93–94. {{ISBN?}}</ref>