No. 5 Squadron PAF

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No. 5 Squadron Falcons
Active	15 August 1947 — Present
Country	Pakistan
Allegiance	Pakistan Armed Forces
Branch	Pakistan Air Force
Type	Fighter squadron
Role	Multi-role
Part of	Southern Air Command
Airbase	PAF Base Shahbaz
Motto(s)	The blue sky-vast, boundless-is mine
Mascot(s)	A falcon in flight carrying a weapon.
Aircraft	F-16 Fighting Falcon F-16C/D Block 52+
Engagements	1947 Indo-Pakistani War 1965 Indo-Pak War 1971 Indo-Pak War
Commanders
Notable commanders	Hakimullah Khan Durrani Sarfaraz Ahmed Rafiqui Masroor Hosain FS Hussain
Insignia
Patch (Pilots)
Patch (Non-flying personnel)
Aircraft flown
Fighter	Hawker Tempest II Hawker Sea Fury F-86 Sabre F-104 Starfighter Dassault Mirage III F-16C/D Block 52+ (2010–Present)
Reconnaissance	Dassault Mirage III RP (1967–2010)

No. 5 Squadron, named the Falcons, is a Pakistan Air Force fighter squadron, the second oldest fighter squadron since the PAF's creation in 1947.^[1]