Special Air Service

The Special Air Service (SAS) is a special forces regiment of the British Army featured in Call of Duty: United Offensive, Call of Duty 3, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

Call of Duty
The Special Air Service was first featured in the original Call of Duty, where the player assumed the role of SAS Sgt. Evans. The player fights alongside Captain Price and Sgt. Waters against the Wehrmacht in various situations, including an attack on the Pegasus Bridge, the sabotage of the Eder Dam, the destruction of the battleship Tirpitz and of several V2 Rockets.

Call of Duty: United Offensive
The SAS appear again in Call of Duty: United Offensive, where the player plays as Sgt. James Doyle. The SAS run several operations in Sicily in United Offensive.

Call of Duty 3
In Call of Duty 3, the Special Air Service appears again, and this time James Doyle and Maj. Ingram are back, in company of Cpl. Duncan Keith and some members of the Maquis Resistance (French resistance), like Marcel, Pierre LaRoche and Isabelle DuFontaine. Their objective is to "clean" some areas of enemy concentration, in the towns of Toucy, Autun, and Les Ormes (the latter two are featured also as multiplayer maps in Call of Duty 3).

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
In Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, the Special Air Service was a principal force in combating the Middle Eastern hostiles and Ultranationalist Russian rebels during the six-day global conflict. Captain John Price's SAS team was critical in the US/UK operation, operating alongside Marine Force Recon to eliminate the Ultranationalist nuclear threat and kill Imran Zakhaev. The main SAS operative of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is John "Soap" MacTavish.

The SAS also appears in multiplayer, fighting only against the Spetsnaz. The SAS announcer is Gaz. The S.A.S plays a critical role in Call of Duty.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
The SAS are featured in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 as part of Task Force 141 with John "Soap" MacTavish returning as an NPC and playable character. SAS members in Task Force 141 are not as easily identifiable because of a combination of British, American, Canadian, and Australian members, but can be recognized by the British flag on their shoulder patches. None of the SAS members in TF141 don the trademark gas masks as standard equipment. Captain John Price is featured as well in later missions as an NPC.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized
The SAS shows up in Modern Warfare: Mobilized. One of two playable characters is an SAS operative, headed by Captain Bell and Sergeant Walker. They take part in a search for a nuke, eventually finding and disarming it.

Call of Duty: Black Ops
The SAS is mentioned in the intel for the final campaign mission "Redemption" wherein an operative named Jonathan has been assigned as Lead Operator of a SAS team sent to South Africa.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
The SAS return in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, under the command of Major General MacMillan, callsign "Baseplate", donning their trademark gas masks as in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. They are featured in the campaign mission "Mind the Gap", when the player takes control of Sgt. Marcus Burns. Captains John "Soap" MacTavish and John Price also make another appearance as both NPCs and playable characters.

The SAS appears in multiplayer fighting only against the Inner Circle and Spetsnaz. Sgt. Wallcroft is the announcer for the SAS.

Call of Duty

 * Cpt. Price
 * Sgt. Evans
 * Sgt. Waters

Call of Duty: United Offensive

 * Sgt. James Doyle
 * Maj. Gerald Ingram
 * Pvt. Luyties (K.I.A.)
 * Pvt. Denny (K.I.A.)
 * Pvt. Hoover (K.I.A.)
 * Pvt. Moditch (K.I.A.)

Call of Duty 3

 * Sgt. Doyle
 * Maj. Ingram
 * Cpl. Duncan Keith
 * Pierre LaRoche (French SAS)
 * Wilkins (K.I.A.)
 * Beattie

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

 * Captain MacMillan (Later S.A.S. Director)
 * Captain John Price
 * Gaz (K.I.A.)
 * Sgt. John "Soap" MacTavish (Later Captain) (K.I.A.)
 * Mac (K.I.A.)
 * Sgt. Arem
 * Sgt. Barton
 * Sgt. Wallcroft
 * Paulsen (K.I.A.)
 * Pvt. Griffen (Later Cpl.) (K.I.A.)
 * Sgt. Lovejoy
 * Sgt. Newcastle

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Nintendo DS)

 * Bravo 9

Call of Duty: World at War (Nintendo DS)

 * Pvt. Dawkins

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized

 * Capt. Bell
 * Sgt. Walker
 * Sgt. Patrick O' Neil

Call of Duty: Black Ops

 * Jonathan

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

 * Marcus Burns
 * Sgt. Wallcroft
 * Cpl. Griffen (K.I.A.)
 * Baseplate
 * Sierra 1
 * Meyers
 * Redgrave
 * Bravo Nine (K.I.A.)
 * Boyd
 * Heath
 * Cook
 * Plumber
 * Stuart
 * Mitchell
 * Harrison
 * Hoyt
 * Grant

Call of Duty

 * Bren
 * Lee-Enfield
 * M1911
 * Mills Bomb
 * Sten
 * Kar98k
 * Panzerfaust
 * Webley
 * MP40
 * Stielhandgranate

Call of Duty 3

 * Bren
 * Lee-Enfield
 * M1911
 * Sten
 * Mills Bomb
 * MP40
 * M1897 Trench Gun
 * Smoke Grenade

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

 * M4 Carbine SOPMOD
 * G36C
 * M1911 .45
 * USP .45
 * M21
 * Barrett .50cal
 * MP5
 * M249 SAW
 * R700
 * W1200
 * M1014
 * RPG-7
 * FGM-148 Javelin
 * FIM-92 Stinger
 * Minigun
 * M203

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Nintendo DS)

 * M9
 * MP5
 * M40A3
 * RPG-7

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized

 * M9
 * MP7
 * MP5
 * P90
 * M249 SAW
 * M4A1 Red Dot
 * M40A3
 * FGM-148 Javelin
 * RPG-7

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

 * MP5
 * USP .45
 * SPAS-12
 * MP7 (On their holsters)
 * M1911 .45 (On their holsters)
 * RSASS (Special Ops only)
 * ACR 6.8 (Special Ops only)
 * Five Seven (Special Ops only)
 * Starstreak (Special Ops only)
 * G36C (Special Ops only)
 * M320 GLM (Special Ops only)
 * SCAR-L (Special Ops only)

1941

 * Joint operation with Dutch Resistance to clear out a village and destroy a Nazi supply train in Holland

1943

 * Infiltrating a Sicilian castle to destroy the Nazis communications, artillery battery and to retrieve some documents
 * Ingram and Doyle fight their way through a village to escape Sicily by boat

1944

 * Joint operation with the French Resistance to rescue Marcel, a French Resistance member near Touchyr
 * Joint operation with the French Resistance to infiltrate a German fuel depot and plant explosives on the silos
 * Joint operation with the French Resistance to rescue Major Gerald Ingram and other French Resistance members
 * Operation conducted by Evans, Waters, Price, and other SAS members on September 7, 1944 to sabotage the Eder Dam's AA defenses and generators in preparation of second RAF bombing run
 * Evans and company head for an airfield from the Eder Dam while attempting to evade German pursuers
 * Evans and company fend off the opposition while awaiting exfiltration at the Airfield
 * Price and Evans infiltrate the Tirpitz, plant charges in the boiler room, destroy the communications and grab the naval log in preparation of RAF bombing

1945

 * Evans, Waters, and other SAS members sabotage a mobile V-2 unit near Burgsteinfurt, Germany, called Batterie #445, based on American-acquired intel

1996

 * Lieutenant Price and Captain MacMillian make their way to a hotel in Pripyat, Ukraine where they will try to assassinate Ultranationalist Party leader Imran Zakhaev

2011

 * Obtaining a manifest from a ship in the Bering Strait
 * Joint operation with Russian Loyalists to rescue Ultranationalist informant: Nikolai from a village in the Caucasus Mountains
 * Escaping the helicopter crash to get Nikolai to the secondary extraction
 * Joint operation with Loyalists to capture Khaled Al-Asad in a village in Azerbaijan
 * Defending the village from Zakhaev's men to escape by helicopter
 * Joint operation with Loyalists and USMC to capture Victor Zakhaev in Southern Russia
 * Rescuing Griggs and destroying a power station in the Altay Mountains
 * Joint operation with USMC to infiltrate the launch facility
 * Joint operation with USMC to reach the launch control room and input the abort codes
 * Escaping the facility and killing Imran Zakhaev

2016

 * Securing a high value vehicle containing cargo that has been assumed to bring destruction to the UK. This operation took place in London, England.

General

 * The SAS are one of the most commonly seen faction in the entire Call of Duty series, appearing in seven out of the nine installments in the main series.

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

 * When choosing any Assault Rifle in multiplayer, the player will appear as the Marines did in the later levels of the story mode right down to having the Marine Corps Insignia, despite playing as the SAS.
 * In multiplayer, the SAS, unlike the other factions, have two separate appearances depending on the level.
 * Using the "Come On!" quick chat command while playing as the SAS faction in multiplayer will make Gaz say "Bloody Hell!" instead.

Call of Duty: World at War

 * The SAS was going to make an appearance, due to the images of British weapons found in the games files that never appeared in-game, McFarlane Toys model of an SAS Trooper included in the Call of Duty series of toys and game code for Holland and Rhineland missions.

Call of Duty: Black Ops

 * According to the intel in the mission "Redemption", an SAS operative named Jonathan was working with MI-6 to hunt down Mason, Hudson, and Weaver.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

 * The SAS, along with the FSO, are the only factions present in only one mission.
 * Their spawn theme can be heard in final part of "Bag and Drag", while their victory theme can be heard in final part of "Goalpost".
 * In multiplayer, their faction name is lengthened to Special Air Service.
 * Their victory theme is also the theme for going on the disc channel with MW3 in the Wii on the Wii Menu.
 * Before the bonus maps came out, they fight the Spetsnaz on every map they are featured in except for Seatown in which they encounter the Inner Circle.