The '' Telegraph '' reported on 4 June 2017 that following the Manchester Arena bombing in May 2017 , small numbers of SAS soldiers supported police and accompanied officers on raids around the city . Following the London Bridge attack , an SAS unit nicknamed ‘ Blue Thunder ’ arrived after the attack had been ended by armed police . A Eurocopter AS365 N3 Dauphin helicopter landed on London Bridge carrying what a Whitehall source confirmed were carrying SAS troops
Manchester Arena bombing
Manchester Arena bombing
History of the Special Air Service