squadrons

noun

1. 1

   Primarily, a square; hence, a square body of troops; a body of troops drawn up in a square.

2. 2

   A body of cavalry comprising two companies or troops, averaging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred soldiers.

3. 3

   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.

4. 4

   A detachment of vessels employed on any particular service or station, under the command of the senior officer

   “the North Atlantic Squadron”

5. 5

   (air force) A tactical air force unit; consists of at least two flights; multiple squadrons make up a group or wing (depending on particular air force).

6. 6

   (U.S. Space Force) A spaceforce unit; multiple squadrons make up an operations delta or a support garrison.