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Death Squadron over the Forest Moon of Endor
A squadron was any group of coordinated aerial or space warships. They could be made up of Starfighters, Bombers, Gunships, and Capital ships. Squadrons could be permanent or temporary and were used for a variety of missions. The most common make up for starfighter squadrons was 12 ships.
Missions
Starfighters were used in a huge variety of missions. The most common were attack missions, seek and destroy, escorts and reconnaissance.
Bombers were used to assault ground targets or larger warships.
Gunships were used to seek and destroy starfighters and bombers and/or to protect capital ships.
Capital ships were sometimes called groups instead of squadrons; however, they were essentially used in the same way as their smaller counterparts, only on a larger scale.
Organization
Typically Squadrons operated under a squadron commander, with an Executive Officer, and Second in command. Their personal ranks varied depending on the type of squadron. For Example; a starfighter squadron may have a Commander or Captain, while a squadron of Capital Ships would be under a full Admiral, Commodore, or General.
List of Notable Squadrons
Old Republic
- Blue Squadron
- Gold Squadron
- Green Squadron
- Red Squadron (Jedi Civil War)
- Red Squadron (Clone Wars)
- Razor Squadron
Jedi
- Blue Squadron (Jedi Order)
- Gold Squadron (Jedi Order)
- Red Squadron (Jedi Order)
- Dark Sword squadron
- Hardpoint Squadron (Second Galactic Civil War)
- Kyp's Dozen (Yuuzhan Vong War)
- Night Blades (Second Galactic Civil War)
- Rakehell Squadron (New Jedi Order, Jedi Coalition)
- Red Sword Flight (Second Galactic Civil War)
- Saber Squadron (Yuuzhan Vong War)
- Shadow Saber squadron (Second Galactic Civil War)
- Shocker Squadron (Yuuzhan Vong War)
- Twin Suns Squadron (Yuuzhan Vong War)
- Wild Knights (Yuuzhan Vong War)
Confederacy of Independent Systems
Imperial
- 123rd Nightstalker Group
- 128th TIE Interceptor Squadron
- 133rd Imperial Fighter Group
- 181st Imperial Fighter Group
- 37th Imperial Fighter Wing
- Alpha Squadron
- Avenger Squadron
- Black Squadron
- Black Eight Squadron
- Death Squadron
- Delta Squadron
- Eta Squadron
- Mu Squadron
- Nu Squadron
- Obsidian Squadron
- Onyx Squadron
- Scimitar Squadron
- Scythe Squadron
- Shrike Squadron
- Sigma Squadron
- Skull Squadron
- Storm Squadron
- Theta Squadron
- Zeta Squadron
Rebel Alliance/New Republic/Galactic Alliance
- 16th Fighter Squadron
- 24th Bombardment Squadron
- Aggressor Wing
- Barefoot Squadron
- Blue Squadron
- Blackmoon Squadron
- Bravo Squadron
- Bravo Flight Squadron
- Corsair Squadron
- Dagger Squadron
- Deretta Destroyers[1]
- Dozen-and-Two Avengers Squadron
- Gauntlet Squadron
- Gold Squadron
- Green Squadron
- Gray Squadron (Aleph-class)
- Gray Squadron (Rebel Alliance)
- Grey Squadron
- High Flight Squadron
- Knave Squadron
- Lancer Squadron
- Lightning Squadron
- Medpac Squadron
- Nomad Squadron
- Nova Squadron
- Polearm Squadron
- Red Squadron
- Red Hand Squadron
- Rogue Squadron
- Renegade Squadron
- Screaming Wookiee Squadron
- Shadow Squadron
- Taanab Yellow Aces
- Talon Squadron
- Twin Suns Squadron
- Vanguard Squadron
- Wild Knights Squadron
- Wraith Squadron
- Yellow Aces Squadron
Chiss
Adumari
- Blades of the Ice Edge Flightknife
- Blood on the Flowers Flightknife
- Frozen Death Flightknife
- Lords of Dismay Flightknife
- Strike the Moons Flightknife
- Sunwhip Flightknife
- Running Crimson Flightknife
- Electrocution Death Flightknife
- Blastpike Flightknife
- Skull-Biters Flightknife
- Sandstorm Flightknife
Other
- Victor Flight
- Rock Squadron
- Bolt Squadron
- Blade Squadron
- Pike Squadron
- Hawk Squadron
- Saber Squadron (Invid)
Sources
1996 Topps Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (Card: Leia Meets Dash Rendar) (backup link (http://www.rebelscum.com/photo.asp?image=/sote/soteTC011.jpg) not verified!)- 1996 Topps Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (Card: Luke Scores a TIE) (backup link (http://www.rebelscum.com/photo.asp?image=/sote/soteTC015.jpg) not verified!)
- 1996 Topps Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (Card: Dash's Persuasive Charm) (backup link (http://www.rebelscum.com/photo.asp?image=/sote/soteTC032.jpg) not verified!)
- 1996 Topps Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (Card: Vader Senses His Son) (backup link (http://www.rebelscum.com/photo.asp?image=/sote/soteTC046.jpg) not verified!)
- 1996 Topps Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (Card: Battle Over Coruscant: Part III) (backup link (http://www.rebelscum.com/photo.asp?image=/sote/soteTC068.jpg) not verified!)
- 1996 Topps Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (Card: Good Riddance, Xizor!) (backup link (http://www.rebelscum.com/photo.asp?image=/sote/soteTC069.jpg) not verified!)
- Star Wars: Rebellion: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
- Star Wars Trading Card Game — [[]] (Card: Snowspeeder Squad) (backup link (http://wizards.com/swtcg/images/esb/snowspeeder_squad.jpg) not verified!)
- Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption: Prima Official Game Guide
- The Force Unleashed Campaign Guide
- The Clone Wars Campaign Guide
- Legacy Era Campaign Guide
- Galaxy at War
- "Message to Spacers 8" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
