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	'''No. 5 Squadron (Tuskers)''' is a fighter squadron and is equipped with [[SEPECAT Jaguar\|Jaguar IS]] and based at [[Ambala Air Force Station]] under the [[Western Air Command (India)\|Western Air Command]].<ref name=BRakshak>{{cite web\|title=Squadrons and Helicopter Units\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Units/Squadrons/292-Squadrons.html\|publisher=Bharat Rakshak\|access-date=3 December ~~2022~~}}</ref>		'''No. 5 Squadron (Tuskers)''' is a fighter squadron and is equipped with [[SEPECAT Jaguar\|Jaguar IS]] and based at [[Ambala Air Force Station]] under the [[Western Air Command (India)\|Western Air Command]].<ref name=BRakshak>{{cite web\|title=Squadrons and Helicopter Units\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Units/Squadrons/292-Squadrons.html\|publisher=Bharat Rakshak\|access-date=3 December 2015}}</ref>

	==History==		==History==

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|unit_name= No. 5 Squadron
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|dates= 2 November 1948
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|nickname=''Tuskers''
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|aircraft_attack=[[SEPECAT Jaguar|SEPECAT Jaguar IS]]
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'''No. 5 Squadron (Tuskers)''' is a fighter squadron and is equipped with [[SEPECAT Jaguar|Jaguar IS]] and based at [[Ambala Air Force Station]] under the [[Western Air Command (India)|Western Air Command]].<ref name=BRakshak>{{cite web|title=Squadrons and Helicopter Units|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Units/Squadrons/292-Squadrons.html|publisher=Bharat Rakshak|access-date=3 December 2022}}</ref>

==History==
The squadron has retained – and discharged – a primarily offensive operational role for the Indian Air Force, in the half-century since its inception in 1948.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Units/Squadrons/5-Squadron.html|title = No.5 Squadron}}</ref>
It also participated in the [[Congo Crisis]], supporting UN peacekeeping troops

==Aircraft==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! Aircraft !! From !! To !! Air Base
|-
| [[Consolidated B-24 Liberator]] || November 1948 || February 1957 ||[[Pune Airport|AFS Pune]]<ref name="sq10">{{cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Units/5+Sqn|title=No.5 Squadron|publisher=Bharat Rakshak|access-date=2021-06-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Unitss/squadrons/5-5-squadron.html#gsc.tab=0|title=No.5 Squadron|publisher=Bharat Rakshak|first=K Sree|last=Kumar|date=2017-06-17|access-date=2021-06-20}}</ref>
|-
| [[English Electric Canberra|English Electric Canberra B(I).58]] || June 1957 || March 1981 || [[Agra Airport|AFS Agra]]
|-
| [[SEPECAT Jaguar|SEPECAT Jaguar 1S]] || August 1981 || Present || [[Ambala Air Force Station|AFS Ambala]]
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Indian Air Force}}

[[Category:Indian Air Force aircraft squadrons|005]]
[[Category:1948 establishments in India]]

No. 5 Squadron IAF - Revision history

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