No. 5 Squadron RAF

No. V (AC) Squadron RAF
No. V (AC) Squadron RAF
	Squadron badge
Active	26 July 1913 – 1 April 1918 (RFC); 1 April 1918 – 20 January 1920 (RAF); 1 April 1920 – 1 August 1947; 11 February 1949 – 25 September 1951; 1 March 1952 – 12 October 1957; 20 January 1959 – 7 October 1965; 8 October 1965 – 30 September 2002; 1 April 2004 – 31 March 2021
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Type	Flying squadron
Motto(s)	Frangas non flectas; (Latin for 'Thou mayst break, but shall not bend me')
Battle honours	Western Front (1914–1918); Mons (1914); Neuve Chappelle (1915); Ypres (1917); Loos (1915); Arras (1917); Somme (1918); Amiens (1918); Hindenburg Line (1918); Waziristan (1920–1925); Mohmand (1927); North West Frontier (1930–1931); North West Frontier (1935–1939); Arakan (1942–1944); Manipur (1944); Burma (1944–1945); Libya (2011); Honours marked with an asterisk may be emblazoned on the Squadron Standard
Insignia
Squadron badge heraldry	A maple leaf, commemorating the squadron's close links with the Canadian Corps during the First World War. Approved by King George VI in June 1937.
Squadron roundel
Squadron codes	QN (Apr 1939 – allocated but possibly not used) ; OQ (Sep 1939 – Feb 1941, Mar 1946 – Aug 1947) ; B (Mar 1952 – 1955) ; A (Aug 1986 – Dec 1987) ; CA–CZ (Tornado F.3)

Number 5 (Army Co-operation) Squadron (although His Majesty the King awarded No. V (Army Cooperation) Squadron) was a squadron of the Royal Air Force. It most recently operated the Raytheon Sentinel R1 Airborne STand-Off Radar (ASTOR) aircraft from RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, between April 2004 until March 2021.^[2]^[3]

First formed in July 1913, the squadron served throughout the First World War, holding the distinction of gaining the first loss and kill for the Royal Flying Corps. No. V Squadron relocated to India in 1920 where it remained during the Second World War. During the Cold War, No. 5 (Fighter) Squadron flew the English Electric Lightning and Panavia Tornado F3.

^ Pine, L.G. (1983). A dictionary of mottoes (1 ed.). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 87. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.
^ ^a ^b ^c "V (AC) Squadron". Royal Air Force. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
^ "RAF Retires Sentinel Aircraft And Disbands V(AC) Squadron". Forces Network. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.

[1] Pine, L.G. (1983). A dictionary of mottoes (1 ed.). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 87. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.

[RAFV-2] "V (AC) Squadron". Royal Air Force. Retrieved 12 December 2018.

[:0-3] "RAF Retires Sentinel Aircraft And Disbands V(AC) Squadron". Forces Network. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.

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No. V (AC) Squadron RAF
Squadron badge
Active	26 July 1913 – 1 April 1918 (RFC) 1 April 1918 – 20 January 1920 (RAF) 1 April 1920 – 1 August 1947 11 February 1949 – 25 September 1951 1 March 1952 – 12 October 1957 20 January 1959 – 7 October 1965 8 October 1965 – 30 September 2002 1 April 2004 – 31 March 2021
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Type	Flying squadron
Motto(s)	Frangas non flectas (Latin for 'Thou mayst break, but shall not bend me')^[1]
Battle honours	Western Front (1914–1918) Mons (1914)* Neuve Chappelle (1915) Ypres (1917) Loos (1915) Arras (1917) Somme (1918)* Amiens (1918)* Hindenburg Line (1918) Waziristan (1920–1925) Mohmand (1927) North West Frontier (1930–1931) North West Frontier (1935–1939) Arakan (1942–1944)* Manipur (1944) Burma (1944–1945)* Libya (2011) * Honours marked with an asterisk may be emblazoned on the Squadron Standard^[2]
Insignia
Squadron badge heraldry	A maple leaf, commemorating the squadron's close links with the Canadian Corps during the First World War. Approved by King George VI in June 1937.^[2]
Squadron roundel
Squadron codes	QN (Apr 1939 – allocated but possibly not used) OQ (Sep 1939 – Feb 1941, Mar 1946 – Aug 1947) B (Mar 1952 – 1955) A (Aug 1986 – Dec 1987) CA–CZ (Tornado F.3)