Sentence examples for of a squadron from inspiring English sources

"I was the Ops officer of a squadron.

The pilot was part of a squadron that inserted and extracted Navy SEALs from Iraq.

The sound of marching troops comes out of a squadron of trash cans.

In the army a decurio was an officer in command of a squadron of cavalry.

Flavio has the resigned expression of a squadron leader sending his men out on a doomed mission.

And there is always the possibility of a squadron of pigs flying over the Swedish conference hall.

In naval usage a division is a group of ships, usually four, forming part of a squadron or task force.

Shortly after France and America joined forces in the Revolutionary War, he was dispatched to America as commander of a squadron.

Conversely, a return to the same establishment in mid-afternoon (just after yoga class) would place one in the path of a squadron of obnoxious trophy wives.

The plane was part of a squadron sent to destroy Nazi munitions plants in and around Le Mans, the nearest big city, about two hours' drive southwest of Paris.

Recalled to England in 1591, Grenville was made second in command (under Lord Thomas Howard) of a squadron of about 15 vessels sent to intercept a Spanish treasure fleet off the Azores.