squadron
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However, Israel's ministry of foreign affairs announced in May, external that it would procure another F-35 squadron.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
French-American land forces converged on an entrenched British army in southeastern Virginia, as a French fleet swatted away a royal navy relief squadron and sealed off the Chesapeake Bay escape route.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
The United States Navy will deploy a nuclear-powered submarine squadron to a strategic Australian navy port this year, Canberra's defence minister said on Friday.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
A former commander of a pararescue jumpers squadron told CBS News that a rescue operation like the reported one in Iran would involve at least 24 pararescue jumpers scouring the area in Black Hawk helicopters.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026
A squadron of French fighter jets came screaming from Zeke’s kneecap.
From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness
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Pakistan already has 8,000 troops in Saudi Arabia, along with 16 Chinese-made JF-17 Thunder fighter jets, combat drone squadrons and a surface-to-air missile battery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
But the deployment of 19 warships, air-defense units, fighter squadrons and paratroopers across the region is straining servicemembers and their families and creating a maintenance backlog that could take years to unwind, the people said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
It can host roughly 70 aircraft on board, said Capt. Adam Bean, who is in charge of Theodore Roosevelt’s air squadrons, pilots and jets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
The light combat aircraft meant to replace it was conceived of in 1981, first flew in 2001 and, even now, decades later, only two squadrons are operational.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2025
A regiment was usually divided into three squadrons of ten planes, with a squadron leader and deputy assigned to each.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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