squadron leader

British

noun

an officer holding commissioned rank, between flight lieutenant and wing commander in the air forces of Britain and certain other countries

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Maj Thomas Stewart, Life Guards squadron leader, said Quaker was the only horse from the five that had been unable to return to its duties.

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Retired Squadron Leader Robert Burke said the Mark 2 version of the Chinook had been chosen to demonstrate to the Army that a recent upgrade from the Mark 1 version was safe.

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Mannsverk had been a Royal Norwegian Air Force squadron leader with deployments to Afghanistan and Libya, meaning he had plenty of experience of developing mental resilience.

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The court heard Mr Woods was a flight lieutenant and squadron leader during a 14-year RAF career and went on to work for BAE Systems as an instructor pilot.

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The 1958 report from Christmas Island to the nuclear programme’s secret UK headquarters says that there were blood tests for Squadron Leader Terry Gledhill showing “gross irregularity”.

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