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(Germany)</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wing_(military_unit)#Commonwealth_usage" title="Wing (military unit)">Wing</a> (RAF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Group_(military_unit)#United_States" title="Group (military unit)">Group</a> (USAAF/USAF)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Geschwader" class="mw-redirect" title="Geschwader">Geschwader</a> (Germany)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_Escadres_of_the_French_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Escadres of the French Air Force">Régiment/Escadre</a> (France)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Aviation_regiment_(Soviet_Union)" title="Aviation regiment (Soviet Union)">Aviation regiment</a> (USSR/Russia)</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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structure of an <a href="/wiki/Air_force" title="Air force">air force</a>, <a href="/wiki/Naval_aviation" title="Naval aviation">naval air</a> service, or <a href="/wiki/Army_aviation" title="Army aviation">army air</a> corps; and is usually subordinate to a larger <a href="/wiki/Squadron_(aviation)" title="Squadron (aviation)">squadron</a>. A <a href="/wiki/Military_aircraft" title="Military aircraft">military aircraft</a> flight is typically composed of four aircraft, though two to six aircraft may also form an aircraft flight; along with their aircrews and ground staff. In some very specific examples, typically involving historic aircraft, a flight may contain as many as twelve aircraft, as is the case with the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Britain_Memorial_Flight" title="Battle of Britain Memorial Flight">Battle of Britain Memorial Flight</a> (BBMF) of the British <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> (RAF). In most usages, two or more flights make up a <a href="/wiki/Squadron_(aviation)" title="Squadron (aviation)">squadron</a>. Foreign languages equivalents include <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/Escadrille" class="mw-redirect" title="Escadrille">escadrille</a></i></span> (<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>), <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">escuadrilla</i></span> (<a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a>), <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">esquadrilha</i></span> (<a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language" title="Portuguese language">Portuguese</a>), <i>lanka</i> (<a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_language" title="Ukrainian language">Ukrainian</a>), <span title="Romanian-language text"><i lang="ro">patrulă</i></span> (<a href="/wiki/Romanian_language" title="Romanian language">Romanian</a>), <span title="Russian-language text"><i lang="ru-Latn">zveno</i></span> (<a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>), and <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Schwarm</i></span> (<a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>). </p><p>In the case of a non-flying, or "ground flight", such as Mechanical Transport Flight (MTF), Supply Flight, Accounts Flight, etc; no aircraft, and a roughly equivalent number of support personnel may be utilised. </p><p>The term "flight" is also a basic unit for <a href="/wiki/Intercontinental_ballistic_missile" title="Intercontinental ballistic missile">intercontinental ballistic missiles</a> (ICBMs). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origins">Origins</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flight_(military_unit)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The use of the term "flight" originated in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom </a> to describe a collection of aircraft (typically four in the early days of aviation), and dates back to around 1912. It has been suggested that the term was coined by technical sub-committee of the <a href="/wiki/Committee_of_Imperial_Defence" title="Committee of Imperial Defence">Committee of Imperial Defence</a>, which was examining the British air arrangements around the same time.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commonwealth_flights">Commonwealth flights</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flight_(military_unit)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Commonwealth flights"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aircraft_flight">Aircraft flight</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flight_(military_unit)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Aircraft flight"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> (RAF), and the other air forces of the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">British Commonwealth</a>, from where much air force terminology emanated, an aircraft flight, in the first decades of air forces, was commanded by a <a href="/wiki/Flight_lieutenant" title="Flight lieutenant">flight lieutenant</a> (FltLt), a rank equivalent to <a href="/wiki/Captain_(land)" class="mw-redirect" title="Captain (land)">captain</a> in armies and other air forces, or a naval <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant" title="Lieutenant">lieutenant</a>. More recently, however, it has become common for a flight to be led by a <a href="/wiki/Squadron_leader" title="Squadron leader">squadron leader</a> (SqnLdr); a formal rank distinct from a squadron commander; equivalent to an army <a href="/wiki/Major_(rank)" title="Major (rank)">major</a> or naval <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_commander" title="Lieutenant commander">lieutenant commander</a>. </p><p>On rare occasions, a flight may further be sub-divided into two sections, each containing two to three aircraft, which share ground staff with the other section, and are usually commanded by a flight lieutenant. </p><p>The Royal Navy's (RN) <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm">Fleet Air Arm</a> (FAA), the <a href="/wiki/Army_Air_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="Army Air Corps (United Kingdom)">Army Air Corps</a> (AAC), and other Commonwealth naval and army aviation arms also have flights. In the Fleet Air Arm, a flight could be as few as a single helicopter operating from a smaller ship.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ground_flight">Ground flight</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flight_(military_unit)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Ground flight"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A ground flight within an air force is roughly equivalent to a <a href="/wiki/Platoon" title="Platoon">platoon</a> in an army, and may be commanded by a flight lieutenant, <a href="/wiki/Flying_officer" title="Flying officer">flying officer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pilot_officer" title="Pilot officer">pilot officer</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Warrant_officer" title="Warrant officer">warrant officer</a>. These ground flights may carry out operational roles (such as <a href="/wiki/Air_traffic_control" title="Air traffic control">air traffic control</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Airfield_defence&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Airfield defence (page does not exist)">airfield defence</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_rescue_and_firefighting" title="Aircraft rescue and firefighting">firefighting</a>), engineering roles (such as <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_maintenance" title="Aircraft maintenance">aircraft maintenance</a>, ground-based <a href="/wiki/Mechanical_engineering" title="Mechanical engineering">mechanical engineering</a>, or other ground systems maintenance), support roles (including <a href="/wiki/Military_medicine" title="Military medicine">medical</a>, dental, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Military_fitness&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Military fitness (page does not exist)">physical training</a>, <a href="/wiki/Military_logistics" title="Military logistics">supply and logistics</a>, training and education, and <a href="/wiki/Military_law" class="mw-redirect" title="Military law">legal</a> units), or purely administrative roles (such as <a href="/w/index.php?title=Military_finance&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Military finance (page does not exist)">finance</a>, infrastructure, or <a href="/w/index.php?title=Military_human_resources&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Military human resources (page does not exist)">human resource</a> management). </p><p>A flight is also a basic unit of guided missiles, such as <a href="/wiki/Surface-to-air_missile" title="Surface-to-air missile">surface-to-air missiles</a> (SAMs). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="American_flights">American flights</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flight_(military_unit)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: American flights"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> (USAF) has three types of flights: numbered, alphabetic, and aircraft (which may be designated by alpha-numerics or name). </p><p>A numbered flight is a unit with a unique base, <a href="/wiki/Wing_(military_aviation_unit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wing (military aviation unit)">wing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Group_(air_force)" class="mw-redirect" title="Group (air force)">group</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Numbered_Air_Force" title="Numbered Air Force">Numbered Air Force</a> mission; such as training or finance, though not large enough to warrant designation as a <a href="/wiki/Squadron_(aviation)" title="Squadron (aviation)">squadron</a>. Numbered flights are uncommon, and are usually only found in <a href="/wiki/Basic_training" class="mw-redirect" title="Basic training">basic training</a> facilities. </p><p>An alphabetic flight is an operational component of a flying or ground squadron, not an independent unit; alphabetic flights within a squadron normally have identical or similar functions, and are normally designated A, B, C, and so, on within the squadron. Flights in the USAF are generally authorised to have between 20 and 100 personnel, and are normally commanded by a company-grade officer (<a href="/wiki/Lieutenant" title="Lieutenant">lieutenant</a> or <a href="/wiki/Captain_(land)" class="mw-redirect" title="Captain (land)">captain</a>), and/or a flight chief, usually a senior <a href="/wiki/Non-commissioned_officer" title="Non-commissioned officer">non-commissioned officer</a> with the rank of <a href="/wiki/Master_sergeant" title="Master sergeant">master sergeant</a> or <a href="/wiki/Master_sergeant" title="Master sergeant">senior master sergeant</a>. </p><p>In USAF flying squadrons, the term flight also designates a tactical sub-unit of a squadron consisting of two or three elements (designated "sections" in <a href="/wiki/U.S._Army" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army">U.S. Army</a> and <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Systems_Command" title="Naval Air Systems Command">U.S. Naval Aviation</a>), with each element consisting of two or three aircraft. The flight operates under the command of a designated flight leader. In <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Aviation_Branch" title="United States Army Aviation Branch">U.S. Army Aviation</a>, the equivalent organisational level of a flight is called a "platoon", while in U.S. Naval Aviation the flight is known as a "division". </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/LGM-30_Minuteman" title="LGM-30 Minuteman">Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile</a> units of the U.S. Air Force, a flight is composed of ten unstaffed launch facilities, remotely controlled by a staffed <a href="/wiki/Launch_control_center_(ICBM)" class="mw-redirect" title="Launch control center (ICBM)">launch control center</a>, containing two personnel. Five of these flights make up one missile squadron. The Air Force has a total of 45 <a href="/wiki/ICBM" class="mw-redirect" title="ICBM">ICBM</a> missile flights. </p><p>Under U.S. military and <a href="/wiki/FAA" class="mw-redirect" title="FAA">FAA</a> common usage, for <a href="/wiki/Air_traffic_control" title="Air traffic control">air traffic control</a> and separation purposes, a "flight" of aircraft is simply two or more aircraft intentionally operating in close proximity to each other (typically in formation) under a designated "flight leader", without regard to military organisational hierarchy. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="French_flights">French flights</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flight_(military_unit)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: French flights"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">escadrille</i></span> (literal translations: "squad" or "small squadron") is the label given to flights in the air forces and navies of some French-speaking countries. While the term is frequently translated into English as "squadron", an <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">escadrille</i></span> was originally a smaller unit (whereas the French <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">escadron</i></span>, also translated as "squadron", in the context of aviation is a much larger unit, comparable in status to a naval squadron). </p><p>The first air <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">escadrilles</i></span> were formed in France before <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, in 1912.<sup id="cite_ref-Chant_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chant-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were initially a loosely defined group of aircraft capable of similar tasks, in most cases not more than six aeroplanes in each.<sup id="cite_ref-Aeroplane_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aeroplane-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the war, the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">escadrille</i></span> became the basic independent unit of aviation within the French armed forces. An <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">escadrille</i></span> was a homogeneous unit, armed with a single type of aeroplane, with permanent flying and ground personnel attached, motorised transport and tent <a href="/wiki/Hangar" title="Hangar">hangars</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Chant_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chant-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By mid-1915, the <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/Arm%C3%A9e_de_l%27air" class="mw-redirect" title="Armée de l'air">Armée de l'air</a></span></span> had grown to 119 <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">escadrilles</i></span> of 10 aircraft each: 14 of fighters, 50 of bombers and the rest reconnaissance, spotter and communications units.<sup id="cite_ref-Chant_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chant-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">escadrilles</i></span> initially operated independently, during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Verdun" title="Battle of Verdun">Battle of Verdun</a> (1916), <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">chasseur</i></span> (fighter) <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">escadrilles</i></span> were formed into larger formations, for easier coordination.<sup id="cite_ref-Almanac_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Almanac-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, French <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">escadrilles</i></span> usually fielded between 10 and 12 aircraft. Hence they were roughly equivalent to a German <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Staffel_(unit)" title="Staffel (unit)">Staffel</a></i></span>, Italian <span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">gruppo</i></span> or Polish <span title="Polish-language text"><i lang="pl">eskadra</i></span> (10 aircraft in 1939). This was in contrast to air squadrons of the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">British Commonwealth</a> or <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, which usually had 12–18 aircraft, divided into two to four flights. </p><p>Until 1949, between one and four French <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">escadrilles</i></span> formed a <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/Groupe" class="mw-redirect" title="Groupe">groupe</a></i></span>. Since then, however, <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">escadrilles</i></span> have been subordinate to <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">escadrons</i></span>. As such, <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">groupes</i></span> and <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">escadrons</i></span> are the equivalent of the German language terms <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Gruppe_(military)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gruppe (military)">Gruppe</a></i></span> and <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Geschwader" class="mw-redirect" title="Geschwader">Geschwader</a></i></span>; and the English language terms "<a href="/wiki/Wing_(military_unit)" title="Wing (military unit)">wing</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Group_(air_force)" class="mw-redirect" title="Group (air force)">group</a>" (the definitions of which also vary from one nation to another). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="German_flights">German flights</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flight_(military_unit)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: German flights"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Schwarm</i></span> (meaning swarm) as part of a <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Staffel_(unit)" title="Staffel (unit)">Staffel</a></i></span> (squadron) comprises four aircraft and can be further subdivided into twoships called <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Rotte</i></span> (meaning rout, two aircraft). The tactical formation, however, is the <i>twoship with hot spare</i> (the English term is used), the third aircraft being released before reaching the target if none of the others had to be sent back earlier. The <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Kette</i></span> (meaning chain) of three aircraft is a historic term. These terms refer to groups of aircraft only and are not used for ground units. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flight_(military_unit)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Finger-four" title="Finger-four">Finger-four</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_air_squadron" title="Naval air squadron">Naval air squadron</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flight_(military_unit)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output 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