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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