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a military unit consisting of soldiers, ships, or aircraft
A reconnaissance squadron was deployed to the area.
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Recent Examples of squadrons
As everyone knows, people in the neighboring state of New Jersey, right across the Hudson, have been spotting ominous squadrons of alien drones.
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Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
Allied pilots soon developed tactics to nullify the aircraft’s advantages, with America P-51 squadrons, in particular, taking a heavy toll on inexperienced Me-262 pilots.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 20 Dec. 2024
Similar tactics were also used in air warfare, perhaps most famously by the elite WWII Pathfinder squadrons.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
The naval air station in the Pacific Northwest is where all but one Navy tactical electronic attack squadrons flying the EA-18G Growler are based.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2024
Search and rescue crews were sent from Whidbey Island, a naval air station in the Pacific Northwest where all but one Navy tactical electronic attack squadrons flying the EA-18G Growler are based.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2024
In Things to Come, shots of airplane squadrons over the white cliffs of Dover and superimpositions of soldiers marching through the English countryside were eccentric visions of pre-War British fears, perfecting what Wells had made overly didactic.
—Armond White, National Review, 9 Oct. 2024
In 1942, all Beaufort squadrons were deployed to the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean to meet a changing enemy threat.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2024
Claims were made that the attack destroyed entire squadrons of the Lockheed Martin F-35I Adir—the Israeli Air Force's fifth-generation fighter.
—Peter Suciu, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
Allied pilots soon developed tactics to nullify the aircraft’s advantages, with America P-51 squadrons, in particular, taking a heavy toll on inexperienced Me-262 pilots.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 20 Dec. 2024
Similar tactics were also used in air warfare, perhaps most famously by the elite WWII Pathfinder squadrons.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
The naval air station in the Pacific Northwest is where all but one Navy tactical electronic attack squadrons flying the EA-18G Growler are based.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2024
Search and rescue crews were sent from Whidbey Island, a naval air station in the Pacific Northwest where all but one Navy tactical electronic attack squadrons flying the EA-18G Growler are based.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2024
In Things to Come, shots of airplane squadrons over the white cliffs of Dover and superimpositions of soldiers marching through the English countryside were eccentric visions of pre-War British fears, perfecting what Wells had made overly didactic.
—Armond White, National Review, 9 Oct. 2024
In 1942, all Beaufort squadrons were deployed to the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean to meet a changing enemy threat.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2024
Claims were made that the attack destroyed entire squadrons of the Lockheed Martin F-35I Adir—the Israeli Air Force's fifth-generation fighter.
—Peter Suciu, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Squadrons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squadrons. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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