SQUADRON Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

squadron

noun

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as in battalion

a military unit consisting of soldiers, ships, or aircraft A reconnaissance squadron was deployed to the area.

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Recent Examples of squadron Space Launch Delta 45's weather squadron forecasts a 60% chance for good launch conditions as a front moves though the Florida peninsula on Sunday. —

Richard Tribou Orlando Sentinel (tns), arkansasonline.com, 30 Dec. 2024 Additionally, Maryland Governor Wes Moore secured full federal funding to rebuild Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge, which collapsed earlier this year, and a fighter squadron is set to relocate from D.C. to Maryland, the source said. —

Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024 Over 17 days last December, a squadron of a dozen or more drones buzzed by Langley Air Force Base, home of the U.S. military’s top-of-the-line F-22 stealth fighters. —

Noah Shachtman, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 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 See all Example Sentences for squadron

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Noun

Prior to his civil service career, from 1966 to 1969, Dr. Arendt was a soldier in the U.S. Army and served as a battalion mail clerk, a 4.2mm mortarman in Alaska and a military policeman in Colorado at Fort Carson's maximum-security stockade.

— Ethan Stone, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2025
Another battalion serviceman told CNN the North Koreans had shown good marksmanship when shooting down drones from about a 100-meter distance, suggesting a high level of training in North Korea.

— Victoria Butenko, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025