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nouna cavalry unit consisting of two or more troops and headquarters and supporting armstype of:
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nounan air force unit larger than a flight and smaller than a grouptype of:
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nouna naval unit that is detached from the fleet for a particular tasktype of:
Definition that contains squadron
- flight an air force unit smaller than a squadron
- doolittle United States Air Force officer who electrified the world in 1942 by leading a squadron of 16 bombers on a daylight raid over Tokyo (1896-1993)
- flotilla a United States Navy fleet consisting of two or more squadrons of small warships
- escadrille a small squadron
- escadrille an air force squadron typically containing six airplanes (as in France during World War I)
- guard ship a warship (at anchor or under way) required to maintain a higher degree of readiness than others in its squadron
- james harold doolittle United States Air Force officer who electrified the world in 1942 by leading a squadron of 16 bombers on a daylight raid over Tokyo (1896-1993)
- jimmy doolittle United States Air Force officer who electrified the world in 1942 by leading a squadron of 16 bombers on a daylight raid over Tokyo (1896-1993)
- air group a unit of the United States Air Force larger than a squadron and smaller than a wing