No. 5 Squadron (Tuskers) is a fighter squadron and is equipped with
Jaguar IS and based at
Ambala Air Force Station
Ambala () is a city and a municipal corporation in Ambala district in the state of Haryana, India, located on the border with the Indian state of Punjab and in proximity to both states capital Chandigarh. Politically, Ambala has two sub-area ...
under the
Western Air Command
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, battles= 1962 Sino-Indian War, 1971 India-Pakistan War, Operation Meghdoot
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, commander1= Air Marshal Sreekumar Prabhakaran, AVSM, VM
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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.
It also participated in the
Congo Crisis
The Congo Crisis (french: Crise congolaise, link=no) was a period of political upheaval and conflict between 1960 and 1965 in the Republic of the Congo (today the Democratic Republic of the Congo). The crisis began almost immediately after ...
, supporting UN peacekeeping troops
Aircraft
References
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1948 establishments in India