The 1st Air Fleet (第一航空艦隊, Daiichi Kōkū Kantai), also known as the Kidō Butai ("Mobile Force"), was a combined carrier battle group comprising most of...

The 1st Carrier Air Group (1st CAG) was a Royal Navy aircraft carrier air group of the Fleet Air Arm. It was initially formed in June 1945, for service...

Japanese Navy Air Service disposed of an increasing number of "air fleets" — airborne combat units attached to the Navy. The 1st Air Fleet was the primary...

Operation Ten-Go, the Combined Fleet had ceased to exist as an effective combat force. Self Defense Fleet 1st Air Fleet Created Baron on 5 June 1896. Forced...

On 10 April 1941, Nagumo was appointed commander-in-chief of the First Air Fleet, the IJN's main carrier battle group, largely due to his seniority. Many...

2nd Southern Expeditionary Fleet on 10 March 1942. 14 July 1942 => 15 December 1944, reorganized from 1st Air Fleet. 4th Fleet (第四艦隊, Dai-Yon Kantai) 14...

June 4, the Japanese launch an air raid on Midway. Initial attempts by US land-based aircraft to strike the Japanese fleet carriers fail, although Nagumo...

In the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), the Fleet Air Force (Japanese: 航空集団, romanized: kōkū shūdan) is its naval aviation branch, responsible...

words "Tora! Tora! Tora!" back to the carrier Akagi, the flagship of 1st Air Fleet. The message meant that complete surprise had been achieved. Due to...

after hitting a reef in February. Following repairs, Kaga rejoined the 1st Air Fleet for the Battle of Midway in June 1942. After bombarding American forces...

Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service: over 1,200 fighters/bombers allocated for all four regions of operation Sho 1st Air Fleet based in Manila, Philippines:...

a list of Fleet Air Arm groups of the Royal Navy, that were either formed or planned. There were two types of groups: there were Carrier Air Groups that...

Ocean raid. After a brief refit, Sōryū and three other carriers of the 1st Air Fleet (Kidō Butai) participated in the Battle of Midway in June 1942. After...

targets, or sailing with a fleet to provide air cover against enemy bombers. Genda understood the potential of massed air raids launched from multiple...

Vice Admiral Alfred Montgomery was named as Commander, First Task Fleet, in an air station report of July 1947, with an inspection visit by a group of...

of controlling the Pacific Ocean is to quickly annihilate the American fleet. Air Staff Officer Minoru Genda is chosen to mastermind the operation, while...

duration of the conflict (Southern Expeditionary Fleet, 3rd Fleet, 1st Mobile Fleet, and the Combined Fleet). Ozawa was noted for his innovative ideas in...

reconnaissance aircraft. The task facing the Japanese air forces seemed impossible. The 1st Air Fleet commandant, Vice Admiral Takijirō Ōnishi, decided to...

planes – 147 of them immediately in the Marianas – that made up the 1st Air Fleet under the command of Vice Admiral Kakuji Kakuta whose headquarters was...

Yamamoto, commander-in-chief of the Japanese Combined Fleet, to take personal command of the 1st Air Fleet for the attack on Pearl Harbor, rather than delegate...

The 1st Fleet Command (Indonesian: Komando Armada I abbreviated as Koarmada I) is one of the fleet commands under the Indonesian Fleet Command, which covers...

Patrol and Reconnaissance Wings in the U.S. Navy Lineage: Patrol Wing 1(1st), Fleet Air Wing 1, Patrol Wing 1(2nd), Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing 1. The wing...

particularly the Kongō-class battlecruisers and the aircraft carriers of the 1st Air Fleet. Design studies prepared during the development of the earlier North...

four carriers of the 1st Air Fleet on 4 June, Yamamoto attempted to lure the American forces west to within range of the Japanese air groups at Wake Island...

Fleet Air Squadron 21 (第21航空隊, dainijuuichikoukuutai) (which is also referred to as HS-21) is a unit in the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force. It is...

commander of the First Air Fleet in the northern Philippines. While he is commonly credited with having devised the tactic of suicide air attacks (kamikaze)...

2 December 1941 from Nagato at anchor at Hashirajima to signal the 1st Air Fleet (Kido Butai) to proceed with its attack on Pearl Harbor. When Japan...

after hitting a reef in February. Following repairs, Kaga rejoined the 1st Air Fleet for the attack on Midway Atoll in June 1942. The IJN was surprised by...

Fleet Air Squadron 22 (第22航空隊, dainijuunikoukuutai) (which is also referred to as HS-22) is a unit in the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force. It is...

when the Emperor ordered surrender. Higher unit 1st Air Fleet (1 January 1944–31 January 1944) 61st Air Flotilla (1 February 1944–10 July 1944, dissolved...