The United States Air Force and its predecessors include a number of specialized Air Force Squadrons. These units vary widely in size and may include several hundred enlisted airmen commanded by an officer in the rank of captain to lieutenant colonel. A squadron may include two or three subordinate flights. In turn the squadron may be part of a group and then a wing.
An Air Force squadron is the basic unit of the service and may carry the lineage and honors of units over a century ago.
United States Army Air Service
- Aero Squadrons
- Balloon Squadrons
United States Army Air Corps/United States Army Air Force
United States Air Force
See also
- List of active United States Air Force aircraft squadrons
- List of USAAF squadron codes, as used in Europe during World War II
- List of United States Navy aircraft squadrons
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