Corps
Corps noun - The body of people in a profession or field of activity.
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Synonyms for Corps
Squadrons
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- When the US joined the war in April of 1917, the Aviation Section, US Signal Corps had just over a thousand men and only three operational squadrons, with no fighter planes.
Source: Lets Get Dangerous / Real Life - This is pretty much the norm for US Navy and Marine Corps air squadrons.
Source: Squad Nickname -
For example, from 1989 to 2004, the F-14 Tomcat squadrons in the Navy Air Corps released an annual Fighter Fling, a sort of yearbook turned into one long Fan Vid celebrating all the Tomcat squadrons by setting clips of them being Badass or Bunny-Eared to whatever music was popular at the time.
Source: Useful Notes / Yanks with Tanks
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