0 a unit of one of the armed forces, especially (in Britain) the air force or the navy --
1 a unit of one of the armed forces: --
a squadron of Navy jets
After conversion courses and upgrading they go back to command squadrons, but there is a tremendous hole in a key period in their flying life.
Some auxiliaries and reserves can go into operational squadrons at short notice, provided they are used in that role.
There are 35,000, or perhaps 45,000, cadets, the squadrons, the 27 volunteer gliding schools and the central gliding schools.
One of its squadrons cannot, however, be formed before 2003, the date on which its accommodation is planned to become available.
There will then follow a period of training after which the squadron will be ready for deployment.
I should like to know what we are getting out of the university air squadrons today.
Does that mean that only 300 officers altogether were affected by the abolition of the actual flying squadrons?
Mather may also have been involved in another similar action near the same time, on this occasion with the support of a seaplane squadron.