Word: squadron
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...Hagaru, C-475 had set down on an improvised airstrip to pick up long lines of wounded and frostbitten men. Said Combat Cargo Command Pilot Lieut. James Wood: "The marines scraped out the field at Hagaru one afternoon while we circled over it." Every plane in Wood's squadron was damaged by enemy small-arms fire during operations in the northeast, and on one flight Wood himself was forced to fly back to base on trim tabs after Chinese ground fire had crippled the control surface of his elevators. But in four days Combat Cargo Command lifted...
These sections are organized into air armies, each consisting of three corps, with three divisions to a corps, three regiments to a division, and three squadrons to a regiment. A squadron has 30 to 50 planes...
...present complete absence of a council is sort of an anomaly in the Yale community which claims to mold its sons particularly as statesmen, civic leaders, and administrators. A little squadron of committees exists to handle social activities, elections, and certain class events, but the duties of each are so specific and limited that no prestige is attached to membership...
...months ago, the Marines called up its reserve 236th Fighter Squadron. The officers and men, most of whom lived in Denver, were told they had until Nov. 13 to wind up their civilian affairs. Warrant Officer John V. Cox sold his house, quit his job. Lieut. Jay Gardner sold his furniture, sent his wife and children off to live with his parents in Topeka. Lieut. William Matthews trained a man to take his civilian job and stood by. So did the rest of the 152 reservists in the 236th Fighter Squadron. Last week a second notice came through: the squadron...
...South African fighter squadron...