no. 5 squadron raf

bgcolor="lightskyblue" colspan="3" align="center" style="border-bottom:3px solid"\|No. 5 Squadron
olspan="3" align="center"\|300px Raytheon Production Sentinel R1
gcolor="lightskyblue" colspan="3"\|Information
b>Role	colspan="2"\|Reconnaissance (ASTOR)
b>Aircraft Operated	colspan="2"\|Raytheon Sentinel
b>Home Station	colspan="2"\|RAF Waddington
b>Motto	colspan="2"\|"Frangas non flectas (Thou mayst break but shall not bend me)"
gcolor="lightskyblue" colspan="3"\|History
b>Date Founded	colspan="2"\|26 July 1913
b>Badge	colspan="2"\|A Maple leaf
b>Notable Battle Honours	colspan="2"\|Mons, Ypres 1915, Loos, Arras, Somme 1918, Amiens, Arakan 1942-1944, Burma 1944-1945

No. 5 Squadron of the Royal Air Force is the operator of the new Sentinel R1 (ASTOR) aircraft and is based at RAF Waddington. The radar equipped aircraft provides battlefield and ground surveillance in a similar role to the American JSTARS aircraft. The first production Sentinel R1 made its 4.4 hour maiden flight on May 26 2004. The initial operating capability will be achieved in 2005. Until 2003, the squadron flew the Tornado F3 and with this aircraft it was the first RAF squadron (accompanied by No. 29 Squadron) to be deployed as part the UK's contribution to the Gulf War.

No. 5 Squadron Raf

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