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Air Squadrons (Air Regiments) of the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service were units of Air Groups. Typically 4-8 Air Squadrons (Sentai) made up an Air Group for the training or large-scale military operations.

Background

In August 1938, a complete re-organization of the Army Air Service resulted in the creation of the Air Combat Group (飛行戦隊, Hikō Sentai), which replaced all of the former Air Battalions and Air Regiments. Each Air Combat Group was a single-purpose unit consisting typically of three Squadrons, divided into three flights (小隊, shōtai) of three aircraft each. Together with reserve aircraft and the headquarters flight, an Air Combat Group typically had 45 aircraft (fighter) or up to 30 aircraft (bomber or reconnaissance). Two or more Air Combat Groups formed an Air Brigade (飛行団, Hikōdan), which, together with base and support units and a number of Independent Squadrons, formed an Air Corps (飛行集団, Hikō Shudan). In 1942, the Air Corps were renamed Air Divisions (飛行師団, Hikō Shidan), to mirror the terminology for infantry divisions, but the structure remained the same. Two Air Divisions, together with some independent units made an Air Army (航空軍, Kōkū gun).

List of Air Squadrons (Hiko Sentai)

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• • No. 23 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 24 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 25 Hikō Sentai IJAAF was No. 10 Dokuritsu Hikō Chutai IJAAF
  • No. 26 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 27 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 28 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 29 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 30 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 31 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 32 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 33 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 34 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 35 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 36 Hikō Sentai IJAAF - no source
  • No. 37 Hikō Sentai IJAAF - no source
  • No. 38 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 39 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 40 Hikō Sentai IJAAF - no source
  • No. 41 Hikō Sentai IJAAF - no source
  • No. 42 Hikō Sentai IJAAF - no source
  • No. 43 Hikō Sentai IJAAF - no source
  • No. 44 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 45 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 46 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 47 Hikō Sentai IJAAF was No. 47 Dokuritsu Hikō Chutai IJAAF
  • No. 48 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 49 Hikō Sentai IJAAF - no source
  • No. 50 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 51 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 52 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 53 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 54 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 55 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 56 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 57 Hikō Sentai IJAAF - no source
  • No. 58 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 59 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 60 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 61 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 62 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 63 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 64 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 65 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 68 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 70 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 71 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 72 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 73 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 74 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 75 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 76 Hikō Sentai IJAAF - no source
  • No. 77 Hikō Sentai IJAAF was No. 8 Dokuritsu Hikō Daitai IJAAF
  • No. 78 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 79 Hikō Sentai IJAAF - no source
  • No. 80 Hikō Sentai IJAAF - no source
  • No. 81 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 82 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 83 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 84 Hikō Sentai IJAAF - no source
  • No. 85 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 87 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 90 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 95 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 98 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 101 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 102 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 103 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 104 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • 110th Hikō Sentai
  • No. 111 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 112 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 144 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • 170th Bombardment Group (ex-60th Hikō Sentai and 110th Hikō Sentai)
  • No. 200 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 204 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 206 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 244 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 246 Hikō Sentai IJAAF was 82nd Dokuritsu Hiko Chutai IJAAF
  • No. 248 Hikō Sentai IJAAF
  • No. 2 Dokuritsu Hikō Daitai IJAAF
  • No. 9 Dokuritsu Hikō Chutai IJAAF
  • No. 25 Dokuritsu Hikō Chutai IJAAF
  • No. 71 Dokuritsu Hikō Chutai IJAAF
  • No. 84 Dokuritsu Hikō Chutai IJAAF
  • No. 102 Dokuritsu Hikō Chutai IJAAF
  • Rikugun Koukuu Shikan Gakkō
  • Tokorozawa Rikugun Koku Seibi Gakkō
  • Akeno Rikugun Hikō Gakkō
  • Kumagaya Rikugun Hikō Gakkō
  • Tachiarai Rikugun Hikō Gakkō
  • Hamamatsu Instructing Flying Division
  • Hitachi Army Flight Training School

See also

• List of air divisions of the Imperial Japanese Army
• Imperial Japanese Army Air Service

References

1. Air power and warfare the proceedings of the 8th Military History Symposium United States Air Force Academy 18–20 October 1978; United States, Robert C Ehrhart, Alfred F Hurley, Air Force, United States Air Force Academy, Office of Air Force History; Diane Publishing, 1978, ISBN 9781428993945

• Japanese military-related lists