squadron

Definitions

• (obsolete) Primarily, a square; hence, a square body of troops; a body of troops drawn up in a square.
• (military) A body of cavalry comprising two companies or troops, averaging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred soldiers.
• (military) 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.
• (military) A detachment of vessels employed on any particular service or station, under the command of the senior officer
• (military) A tactical air force unit; consists of at least two flights; multiple squadrons make up a group or wing (depending on particular air force).
• (US) A spaceforce unit; multiple squadrons make up an operations delta or a support garrison.