squadron
Other forms: squadrons
In the military, a squadron is a small unit sent out from the main group to do some particular task. In the air force, for example, a squadron might fly out on a surveillance mission.
This word comes from the military, but the meaning varies depending on the branch. In the army, a squadron is a cavalry (horses) unit that has at least two troops, which are smaller collections of soldiers. The squadron also includes a headquarters and support. In the air force, a squadron has at least two flights, which are the equivalent of troops. An air force squadron is smaller than a group and bigger than a flight in the basic chain of command.
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a naval unit that is detached from the fleet for a particular tasktypes:escadrillea small squadrontype of:naval unita military unit that is part of a navy
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a cavalry unit consisting of two or more troops and headquarters and supporting armstype of:cavalrya highly mobile army unit
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an air force unit larger than a flight and smaller than a grouptypes:escadrillean air force squadron typically containing six airplanes (as in France during World War I)type of:air unita military unit that is part of the airforce
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