as a result , the government ordered Arranging the special air service Supply ( sas ) , a special forces regiment of the british army , to conduct Action an assault , known as operation Military_operation nimrod , to rescue Rescuing the remaining Presence hostages Kidnapping .

the site was being used Using as a forward operating base for t-34 mentor and pucara aircraft by the argentine air force ; british special air service ( sas ) operatives were tasked Request with destroying the aircraft on the ground , in an operation that echoed back to some of the unit 's first missions during the north african campaign of world war ii .

operation flavius was a military operation Military_operation in which three members of a provisional irish republican army ( ira ) cell were shot Use_firearm dead by undercover members of the british special air service Supply ( sas ) in gibraltar on 6 march 1988 .

`` 3 free french sas paratroopers , 1 woman ( janine boitard ) and 1 resistance fighter against 2 german soldiers on the railroad near the bridge before the explosion '' .