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The Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (大日本帝國海軍航空隊, Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun Kōkū-tai) (IJNAS) was the air arm of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). The organization was responsible for the operation of naval aircraft and the conduct of aerial warfare in the Pacific War. The Japanese military acquired their first aircraft ...
The 1st and 2nd combined air groups were formed in July 1937, at the beginning of the China War, and were the backbone of the navy's air operations in the first several years of that conflict. Standing combined air groups (jōsetsu rengō kōkutai), intended to be more permanent, were established in December 1938.
The 1st Air Fleet (第一航空艦隊, Daiichi Kōkū Kantai), also known as the Kidō Butai ("Mobile Force"), was a name used for a combined carrier battle group comprising most of the aircraft carriers and carrier air groups of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the first eight months of the Pacific War.
653 4 (15 August 1944–15 November 1944) Aircraft carrier Zuihō. 333 or 3 3 (15 February 1944–14 August 1944) 653 2 (15 August 1944–15 November 1944) Aircraft carrier Zuikaku. 653 1 (15 August 1944–15 November 1944) 931st Air Group. (for General Escort Command) Aircraft carrier Taiyō.
Nakajima J1N 月光 "Gekko" Irving 1941 Navy land-based night fighter. Mitsubishi J2M 雷電 "Raiden" Jack 1942 Navy land-based interceptor. Nakajima J5N 天雷 "Tenrai" 1944 Navy land-based interceptor. Kyushu J7W 震電 "Shinden" 1945 Navy interceptor. Mitsubishi J8M / Ki-200 秋水 "Shusui" 1945 Navy and Army rocket interceptor, based on the ...
195. During World War II, at the beginning of the Pacific War in December 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) was the third most powerful navy in the world, [ 3 ] and the naval air service was one of the most potent air forces in the world. During the first six months of the war, the IJN enjoyed spectacular success inflicting heavy defeats ...
By May 1945, most of the Imperial Japanese Navy had been sunk and the remnants had taken refuge in Japan's harbors. [127] In late July 1945, most of the remaining large warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy were sunk in air attacks on Kure and the Inland Sea. By August 1945, Nagato was the only surviving capital ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
General Minoru Genda (源田 実, Genda Minoru, 16 August 1904 – 15 August 1989) was a Imperial Japanese Navy flight officer, JASDF general and politician. He is best known for helping to plan the attack on Pearl Harbor. After the war he became the third Chief of Staff of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force.