squadron
IPA: skwˈɑdrʌn
noun
- (obsolete) A body of troops drawn up in a square.
- (military, historical, army) A body of cavalry comprising two companies or troops, averaging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred soldiers.
- (military) A body of infantrymen made up of several platoons, averaging from eighty to one hundred and fifty men, and led by a captain or a major.
- (military, navy) A detachment of vessels employed on any particular service or station, under the command of the senior officer
- (military, air force) A tactical air force unit; consists of at least two flights; multiple squadrons make up a group or wing (depending on particular air force).
- (US, military, U.S. Space Force) A spaceforce unit; multiple squadrons make up an operations delta or a support garrison.
verb
- (transitive) To divide up into squadrons.
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Examples of "squadron" in Sentences
- The central emblem of the squadron was a hornet.
- The base is home to the 128 Squadron Detachment.
- Fixing the width of the squadron table seems sensible.
- Cannon Field is the home of the Alamo Liaison Squadron.
- The silence from the chickenhawk squadron is deafening.
- In 1909 the specific affiliations of the squadrons ended.
- The squadron was equipped with the Douglas SBD Dauntless.
- The squadron participated in the naval quarantine of Cuba.
- In 1938 the squadron was equipped with the Bristol Blenheim.
- The regiment consist of the regimental Staff and 12 squadrons.
- The king and commander of this hellish squadron is here described, [1.]
- The squadron was the first Skyhawk squadron to deploy to the Mediterranean.
- Not that I'd patrol with the half-blown reliners they call squadron leaders these days.
- How is an airplane which has never flown to be in squadron service in that period of time?
- With this object in view the life of a fighting squadron is planned by the squadron commander.
- The squadron is based out of Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C., and is one of eight squadrons that make up Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 3.
- The Barbarian squadron is the all-woman piloted champ of the fleet, in no small part thanks to their mechanic Mac, who is an uplifted gibbon (part of a tribe of sentient apes that mixes with human society).
- Indeed it has been proven that one of the most important instructions given to recruits on joining a regiment, a ship or a squadron, is the history of that unit, to inspire him with a sense of pride and responsibility.
- You come down just above the enemy trenches, making certain that you are 200 or 300 yards behind, because the average man in a fighting squadron is not certain, to within 200 or 300 yards, exactly where our front line is and where the Huns are.