Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - SASR ya samo asali ne daga kwarewar Z Special Unit, M Special Unit, Kamfanoni Masu Zaman Kansu da kuma Coastwatchers waɗanda suka yi aiki a yankin Kudu maso Yammacin Pacific a kan Jafananci a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II. Wadannan raka'a an rushe su ba da daɗewa ba bayan yaƙin a matsayin wani ɓangare na rabuwa da sojojin Ostiraliya; duk da haka, bayan lura da ayyukan sabis na Jirgin Sama na Musamman na Burtaniya a lokacin Gaggawa na Malayan
a cikin shekarun 1950 sojojin Australiya sun yanke shawarar tayar da nasu SAS. An kafa Kamfanin Jirgin Sama na Musamman na 1 a ranar 25 ga Yuli 1957 a Swanbourne, wani yanki na Perth, Yammacin Ostiraliya, tare da ƙarfin jami'ai 16 da sauran darajoji 144.