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Why RAF hero proved MUCH more than a match for kidnappers | UK | News | Daily Express
<<However, the ultra-fit man, in his late 20s, is a gunner from the RAF Regiment, a tough ground-fighting force whose duties include protecting airbases. He used his training to overcome one of the attackers and knock him to the floor to make his escape as a knife-wielding accomplice approached.
Police hunting the pair are understood to have taken DNA from the serviceman after his knuckles were covered in blood spatters from punching one of the suspects. He is said to have been extremely shaken by the abduction attempt outside RAF Marham in Norfolk on Wednesday afternoon and is being counselled by an on-site psychologist. The RAF Regiment is a very tough and skilled group of soldiers whose training is more advanced than the standard infantry.
He used his training to overcome one of the attackers and knock him to the floor to make his escape as a knife-wielding accomplice approached. Police hunting the pair are understood to have taken DNA from the serviceman after his knuckles were covered in blood spatters from punching one of the suspects.
They form part of the SFSG, Special Forces Support Group, assisting the SAS and the SBS on certain operations. Essentially they are the ground fighting force for the RAF whose duties are to defend airbases and overseas air operations. Part of their training is learning how to survive to fight in all environmental conditions, including close combat tactics and lots of physical exercise.
Members of the RAF Regiment are nicknamed Rock Apes. The name is believed to stem from a regimental officer hunting hamadryas baboons in Yemen in 1952 who shot another officer by mistake. When asked why he had fired at his friend by a board of inquiry, the officer replied that his target had “looked just like a rock ape” in the half-light.>>