Repetition of a word in a sentence in which a different meaning is applied each time: âIf you arenât fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired, with enthusiasm.â. 7. Antanagoge. The contradiction of a negative comment with a positive one, as in âThe car wouldnât start this time, but it least it didnât catch on fire.â. 8.
Squadron (army), a military unit of cavalry, tanks, or equivalent subdivided into troops or tank companies. Squadron (aviation), a military unit that consists of three or four flights with a total of 12 to 24 aircraft, depending on the type of aircraft and the air force, naval or army air service.
But in the two services with the majority of fixed-wing aircraft, the Navy and the Air Force, the percentage of black aviators is very small. Navy statistics from the fourth quarter of 2002 show that of 8,557 pilots (16 percent of the officer corps), just 185 are black â 2 percent.And in the Air Force, of 12,639 pilots (also 16.1 percent of the officer corps), just 236 officers are black pilots, or 2.1 percent.The dearth of black pilots is hardly news. To the contrary, military officials have been aware of the phenomenon for decades.nd in the Air Force, of 12,639 pilots (also 16.1 percent of the officer corps), just 236 officers are black pilots, or 2.1 percent.