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squadron

[skwod-ruhn] / ˈskwɒd rən /
NOUN
military unit
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The squadron has been responsible for testing several bombers, including the B-1B, B-2A, and the B-52 Stratofortress.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 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

One of his first initiatives was to deploy a new squadron of one-way attack drones copied from a widely used Iranian version, the Shahed-136.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 12, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 10, 2026

After the war, Valentin Markov himself married one of the 125th Guards squadron navigators, Galya Dzhunkovskaya, the young woman who sang songs and told stories to her pilot, Masha Dolina, while they flew.

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 also has several squadrons of F-15E fighters in Jordan.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 28, 2026

Sixty gliders towed by two RAF squadrons left the airfield at 07:00 GMT on 24 March 1945, carrying part of the 6th Airborne Division.

From BBC Mar. 15, 2025

Something’s going on in the night sky in New Jersey, where I live: People keep reporting squadrons of drones flying around in the dark over their houses.

From Slate Dec. 12, 2024

Causey was the commanding officer of squadron 234, which had the reputation and history of being one of the best F-8 squadrons in the Marine Corps for the past five years.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy




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