Squadron

Squadrons are groupings of aircraft, naval vesselss or armoured fighting vehicless.

• An air force squadron typically consists of three or four flightss.
• An armoured squadron typically consists of four or five troops.
• A naval squadron is a more ad hoc grouping. The only requirement for a grouping of ships to be a squadron, is that at least two must be capital ships (battleships, battlecruisers, cruisers, or aircraft carriers).

World War II

Squadrons in WWII:

Imperial Army of Japan

Three Japanese air squadrons were assigned to each air regiment.

See also:

• military science
• military unit