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squadron

[skwod-ruhn] / ˈskwɒd rən /
NOUN
military unit
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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

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

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

Then, he reveals that they’re just one squadron in the never-ending war for liberation.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 10, 2026

Or it might have simply been that Tamara’s leg injury was keeping her from flying with her squadron.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

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

"It's more fighter squadrons, it's more capabilities, it's more defensive capabilities. And it's more bomber pulses more frequently," he said.

From BBC Mar. 6, 2026

Air Force deployed entire wings of warplanes, instead of the squadrons that are being sent now, to carry out a six-week air campaign.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 19, 2026

Many of its 29 air force squadrons use Russian Sukhoi-30 jets.

From BBC Dec. 3, 2025

I had a setup: five squadrons, five men in front, five men in back, five men walking on the sides.

From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones




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