page_title: Echelon formation
hierarchical_section_title: Echelon formation
caption_attribution_description: OS2U Kingfisher fly in echelon formation over NAS Jacksonville in 1943
context_page_description: An echelon formation is a formation in which its units are arranged diagonally. Each unit is stationed behind and to the right, or behind and to the left, of the unit ahead. The name of the formation comes from the French word échelon, meaning a rung of a ladder, which describes the shape that this formation has when viewed from above or below.
context_section_description: An echelon formation (/ˈɛʃəlɒn, ˈeɪʃlɒ̃/) is a (usually military) formation in which its units are arranged diagonally. Each unit is stationed behind and to the right (a "right echelon"), or behind and to the left ("left echelon"), of the unit ahead. The name of the formation comes from the French word échelon, meaning a rung of a ladder, which describes the shape that this formation has when viewed from above or below.
caption: Four OS2U Kingfisher airplanes flying in right echelon formation.
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