Special Forces Support Group
A unit of the British Armed Forces. The SFSG is the newest addition to the United Kingdom Special Forces. It was formed officially on 3 April 2006 to provide specialist infantry and other support to the Special Air Service, the Special Reconnaissance Regiment and the Special Boat Service on operations.
A tri-service unit, the major element of the SFSG is 1st Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (1 PARA), reinforced with a company strength group of the Royal Marines.
Specialists from the RAF Regiment also form part of the SFSG's strength.
The SFSG may provide extra firepower from land or air to fulfil their mission.
The SFSG also act as the hunter force during the SERE phase of the UKSF Selection; in addition, the SFSG also have a rotating company group trained in Counter Terrorism (CT) to support the on-call SAS or SBS squadrons on CT rotation.
The Ministry of Defence does not comment on special forces matters, therefore little verifiable information exists in the public domain.
VN-A190 Boeing 737-4H6 ..fuselage only arrived late May/early June 2013 from Kemble
VN-A190 Boeing 737-400 fuselage ex Jetstar Pacific in use as a training aid at St Athan