squadron
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He said the eight sailors included "the Lincoln crew and sailors from the carrier airwing, strike group and destroyer squadron staff, escorting destroyers and all embarked aviation squadrons".
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
However, Israel's ministry of foreign affairs announced in May, external that it would procure another F-35 squadron.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
An array of military jets, including the Blue Angels, the US Navy's flight demonstration squadron, flew over New York Harbor, some leaving red, white and blue contrails.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
He attended test pilot school at Edwards Air Force Base, the site of many daring Armstrong flights and space shuttle landings, then served with the Navy’s Dust Devil test pilot squadron in China Lake, Calif.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2026
At precisely 1230 hours, Colonel Bull Meecham strode into the briefing room to meet the officers of his squadron for the first time.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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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 also has several squadrons of F-15E fighters in Jordan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026
Many of its 29 air force squadrons use Russian Sukhoi-30 jets.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025
He said nothing while the other squadrons ambled past the reviewing stand crookedly in their customary maimer.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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