Flying Squadron

Flying Squadron may refer to:

  • The Flying Squadron (1869) a Royal Navy squadron of consisting at various times of some ten ships. It sailed on a world cruise to "show the flag" between June 1869 and November 1870.
  • The Flying Squadron (1896), previously called the Particular Service Squadron, a British Royal Navy squadron that operated during a war scare in 1896.
  • The Flying Squadron of America, a temperance organization.
  • The Flying Squadron (US Navy), a U.S. Navy squadron that fought in the Spanish-American War.

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Flying Squadron (US Navy) - Spanish-American War - Disbandment
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Charlotte De Sauve - Flying Squadron
... female spies and informants known as the "Flying Squadron" (L'escadron volant) and she quickly became one of its "most accomplished members" ... The "Flying Squadron" had a male counterpart in "Les Mignons" ... by Victoria de Ayala, a beautiful Spanish girl and a recent recruit to the "Flying Squadron" ...
Area 51 - Background - Foreign Technology Evaluation
... In August 1966, Iraqi Air Force fighter pilot Captain Munir Redfa defected, flying his MiG-21 to Israel after being ordered to attack Iraqi Kurd villages with napalm ... Navy's Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Four (VX-4) flew this acquired Soviet made aircraft in simulated air combat training ... The problem was not with the planes, but with the pilots flying them ...
Battle Of The Yalu River (1894) - The Battle
... A flying squadron, composed of the cruisers Yoshino, Takachiho, Akitsushima and Naniwa, led the Japanese vessels ... The Japanese advanced on the Beiyang Fleet in a column with the flying squadron leading in line astern formation with the dispatch vessels off to the port of the second squadron where ... Admiral Itoh ordered the Japanese flying squadron to strike at the weak Chinese flank ...

Famous quotes containing the words squadron and/or flying:

    “Well gentlemen, this is it. This is what we’ve been waiting for. Tonight your target is Tokyo. And you’re gonna play ‘em the Star Spangled Banner with two-ton bombs. All you’ve got to do is to remember what you’ve learned and follow your squadron leaders. They’ll get you in, and they’ll get you out. Any questions? All right that’s all. Good luck to you. Give ‘em hell.”
    —Dudley Nichols (1895–1960)

    “Awake! the land is scattered with light, and see,
    Uncanopied sleep is flying from field and tree:”
    —Robert Bridges (1844–1930)