1. squadron - Noun
2. squadron - Verb
Primarily, a square; hence, a square body of troops; a body of troops drawn up in a square.
A body of cavarly comparising two companies or troops, and averging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred men.
A detachment of vessels employed on any particular service or station, under the command of the senior officer; as, the North Atlantic Squadron.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA 100-member police helicopter squadron assists in search-and-rescue operations. Source: Internet
A British signalling error allowed the German battlecruisers to withdraw, as most of Beatty's squadron mistakenly concentrated on the crippled armoured cruiser Blücher, sinking her with great loss of life. Source: Internet
A British naval correspondent observed: “The German squadron was like no other in the Kaiser’s Navy. Source: Internet
Additionally, Mussolini ordered a voluntary army, the Corpo Truppe Volontarie (CTV) of some 12,000 Italians of fully motorised units to Seville and Hitler added to them a professional squadron from the Luftwaffe (2JG/88) with about 24 planes. Source: Internet
A fly over was done by city and county helicopters and the Condor Squadron flying fixed wing aircraft from the World War II era ended the event. Source: Internet
Air Force recruiters with the 369th Recruiting Squadron pose with their Air Force vehicles prior to driving in the Salute for Heroes event May 13, 2020 in Los Angeles. Source: Internet