squadron

Meaning

Noun

• 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.
• A detachment of vessels employed on any particular service or station, under the command of the senior officer
• A tactical air force unit; consists of at least two flights; multiple squadrons make up a group or wing (depending on particular air force).
• A spaceforce unit; multiple squadrons make up an operations delta or a support garrison.

Origin

• From Italian squadrone. See squad.