Squadron

Definitions

1. Swarm, crowd.
2. A body of troops drawn up in a square.
   obsolete
3. A body of cavalry comprising two companies or troops, averaging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred soldiers.
   historical
4. A body of infantrymen made up of several platoons, averaging from eighty to one hundred and fifty men, and led by a captain or a major.
5. A detachment of vessels employed on any particular service or station, under the command of the senior officer
6. A tactical air force unit; consists of at least two flights; multiple squadrons make up a group or wing (depending on particular air force).
7. A spaceforce unit; multiple squadrons make up an operations delta or a support garrison.
   Space-Force, US

Equivalents

Examples

“Those half-rounding guards / Just met, and, closing, stood in squadron joined.”

“the North Atlantic Squadron”

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