The whole squadron volunteered and five aircraft, all that were available, took off.
For all we know, a whole squadron may have made it safely.
A whole squadron makes one pass around the carrier and lands.
It would have knocked down the whole squadron without getting scratched; he was sure of that.
On second thought, I'm going to order the whole squadron to stay on the ground.
But what was he supposed to do, nursemaid the whole squadron?
Yet he couldn't bear failure again, with the whole squadron watching.
A whole squadron, a dozen planes, took to the air and headed out to sea.
But every once in a while he would do or say something that made the whole squadron wonder if they understood him at all.
That was done often because a flight of 2 is harder to spot than a whole squadron.