squadron
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“Flying through blizzard conditions, his squadron was ambushed by seven Soviet fighter planes.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026
The other was bestowed on a 100-year-old Navy pilot who led his squadron to victory in a 1952 Korean War aerial battle against an overwhelming enemy force that remained secret until 2002.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026
Britain, too, has sent a squadron of Typhoon jets to the region "to boost regional security".
From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026
George’s response reached most colonists in early January, along with news that to start the new year, a royal navy squadron had bombarded Norfolk, then Virginia’s principal port, followed by fires that destroyed the city.
From Salon • Jan. 10, 2026
Nancy was organizing a squadron of women who could fly aircraft to the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union through the Lend-Lease program.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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