Years of founding of various Special Operations Unit:
- British Army / Special Air Service (SAS) - July 1, 1941
- US Army / Delta Force (modeled on SAS) - November 19, 1977
- US Navy / SEALS (SEa Air Land) - January 1, 1962
The mission milestones used in this episode were all named after English soccer teams: Man[chester] U[nited], Liverpool, [Tottenham Hot]spurs.
Avid Eagles fan Bravo 1 Jason Hayes used the famous Philly Philly play (or the Philly Special, a tactic to score a touchdown indirectly, by throwing the ball in the opposite direction of play, which is then handed off to several players before arriving at the touchdown line) as inspiration to complete the mission successfully.
Sergeant Major Nigel Wickham, Jason's counterpart in the partner op, said "We send in a group with a fuel truck. We disguise them as ground crew, then we distract the hijackers". Jason advised against it, because they do not look like Qatari mechanics. Jason was referring to a GSG-9 hostage rescue mission to liberate passengers onboard Lufthansa Flight 181 in Mogadishu, Somalia on October 13, 1977.
ENDEX is short for END EXercise.