Get to know Squadron better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like cavalry.
Squadron meaning
- A body of troops drawn up in a square.
- A body of cavalry comprising two companies or troops, averaging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred soldiers.
- 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.
Synonyms of Squadron
Using Squadron
- The main meaning on this page is: A body of troops drawn up in a square. | A body of cavalry comprising two companies or troops, averaging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred soldiers. | 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.
- Useful related words include: cavalry, air unit, naval unit.
- In the example corpus, squadron often appears in combinations such as: the squadron, squadron of, squadron leader.
Context around Squadron
- Average sentence length in these examples: 32.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 13 start, 6 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Squadron
- In this selection, "squadron" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 32.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, missile, same, fighter, raf, 123 and thus stand out and add context to how "squadron" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 319th missile squadron s five and 320th missile squadron s 50. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "squadron" sits close to words such as filters, hungarian and inflicted, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with squadron
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Seeing as George Lucas originally intended Rogue Squadron to be Blue Squadron, this is his dream come true. (18 words)
Squadron lore has it that the person holding the reins of the donkeys holds command of the squadron. (18 words)
Beatty was given command of the 5th Battle Squadron to replace a squadron of battlecruisers away for training. (18 words)
Later that day, four RAF Spitfires from the same squadron escorted by seven Hawker Tempests from No. 213 Squadron RAF and eight from No. 6 Squadron RAF went searching for the lost planes, and were attacked by four IAF Spitfires. (40 words)
Airmen from the 39th Airlift Squadron deployed to Bagram, Afghanistan, and Djibouti, Africa, from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Sept. 9, as part of the first full squadron deployment for C-130J Super Hercules Airmen in over a decade. (39 words)
The four Wildcats will come from the No. 661 Squadron of the AAC; No. 659 Squadron AAC will also deploy to Estonia in April for another four-month tour as parrt of an ongoing commitent to the Baltic country. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
Norfolk groups include the Screwtops of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 123, the Dusty Dogs of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 7 and the Rawhides of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 40.
Control does not extend outside the squadron (thus the 319th Missile Squadron 's five LCCs cannot control the 320th Missile Squadron 's 50 LFs even though they are part of the same Space Launch Wing).
Later that day, four RAF Spitfires from the same squadron escorted by seven Hawker Tempests from No. 213 Squadron RAF and eight from No. 6 Squadron RAF went searching for the lost planes, and were attacked by four IAF Spitfires.
The Helicopter air group (HLG) has a SAR squadron, a utility squadron, and a squadron of attack craft, and is equipped with ex-Taiwanese UH-1H and Brazilian HB-350B aircraft.
Meanwhile, Justice League knock-offs the Squadron Supreme attack the Avengers under the influence of The Serpent Crown, leading the Avengers to travel to an entirely different Earth to settle things with the Squadron and rescue their planet.
An experienced warrior, he was a former artillery squadron commander in the Albanian front, had distinguished himself in the Middle East, and was commander of III Squadron in the Western Desert.
Seeing as George Lucas originally intended Rogue Squadron to be Blue Squadron, this is his dream come true.
To receive the qualification at the squadron level, the unit must meet the Headquarters Marine Corps standards, which define the minimum number of trained Marines, pilots and mission-ready aircraft a squadron needs to become complete.
Airmen from the 39th Airlift Squadron deployed to Bagram, Afghanistan, and Djibouti, Africa, from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Sept. 9, as part of the first full squadron deployment for C-130J Super Hercules Airmen in over a decade.
Japan’s first squadron of the $100 million fighter jets went operational just 11 days ago, with about a dozen of the jets forming the 302nd Squadron at the Misawa base, according to a report from The Diplomat.
Squadron lore has it that the person holding the reins of the donkeys holds command of the squadron.
The squadron, joined by New Mexico Air National Guard crews of the 188th Tactical Fighter Squadron, arrived in Vietnam at Tuy Hoa Air Base to reinforce the 31st Tactical Fighter Wing.
The squadron responsible for flying around the president and his staff is now simply called Marine Helicopter Squadron One, but still uses the acronym HMX-1 — a nod to its “experimental” origins.
In addition, the ceremony also included a missing man formation flyover by Strike Fighter Squadron 32 (VFA-32), the same squadron Hudner was assigned to when he earned the Medal of Honor.
The four Wildcats will come from the No. 661 Squadron of the AAC; No. 659 Squadron AAC will also deploy to Estonia in April for another four-month tour as parrt of an ongoing commitent to the Baltic country.
After the turn, the 5th Battle Squadron was now leading the British ships in the westernmost column, and Beatty's squadron was centre and rearmost, with the 2nd BCS to the west.
A squadron of B-17 from this force detached to the Middle East to join the First Provisional Bombardment Group thus becoming the first American B-17 squadron to go to war against the Germans.
Beatty was given command of the 5th Battle Squadron to replace a squadron of battlecruisers away for training.
During the battle, 74 Squadron under Squadron Leader Adolph "Sailor" Malan adopted a variation of the German formation called the "fours in line astern", which was a vast improvement on the old three aircraft "vic".
Following attendance at the Artillery Officer Advanced Course, he was assigned to the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment in West Germany in 1973, where he commanded the 1st Squadron Howitzer Battery and served as Squadron S-3.
Common combinations with squadron
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the squadron 34×
- squadron of 15×
- squadron leader 14×
- fighter squadron 13×
- no squadron 12×
- squadron to 11×
- squadron and 7×
- squadron in 7×
- squadron was 7×
- and squadron 6×