List of air divisions of the Imperial Japanese Army

Air Groups (Air Divisions) of the Imperial Japanese Army were units typically formed by aggregating several (4-8) aviation regiments (Sentais) for the training or large-scale military operations.

List of Air Divisions[]

Name	Kanji	Formed	Dissolved	Callsign	Location, notes
	航空兵団	1 August 1936	1 June 1942	-	Tokyo-North China-Manchuria
	第1飛行師団	10 June 1938	1945	Tip (鏑, Kabura) 1045	Kakamigahara-Sapporo-Obihiro, was dissolved in 1942 and re-formed in 1943
	第2飛行師団	24 July 1937	17 May 1945	Vulture (Tip, 鷲, Washi)	Manchuria-Philippines-Singapore^[1]
	第3飛行師団	15 April 1942	14 February 1944	Hawk (隼, Hayabusa) 2375	China-French Indochina-Dutch East Indies-Myanmar-China
	第4飛行師団	15 April 1942	1945	Wing (翼, Tsubasa)	Manchuria-Philippines
	第5飛行師団	15 April 1942	1945	High (高, Taka)	Myanmar-French Indochina
6th Air Division (Japan)	第6飛行師団	26 November 1942	1 August 1944	Ocean (洋, hiroshi)	Rabaul-New Guinea
7th Air Division (Japan)	第7飛行師団	28 January 1943	21 July 1945	Raid (襲)	New Guinea-Ambon-Singapore
	第8飛行師団	10 June 1943	1945	True (誠, Makoto) 18900	Tokyo
9th Air Division (Japan)	第9飛行師団	10 December 1943	1945	Soaring (翔, Kakeru)	Palembang
	第10飛行師団	8 March 1944	1945	Soaring Ambition (天翔, Tensho)	Tokyo
	第11飛行師団	15 July 1944	1945	Soaring Eagles (天鷲, Amawashi)	Osaka
	第12飛行師団	15 July 1944	1945	Soaring Wind (天風, Tenpu)	Shimonoseki
	第13飛行師団	26 February 1945	1945	Pioneer Hawks (隼魁)	Nanjing
	第51飛行師団	?	1945	?	?^[2]
	第52飛行師団	1935	1945	?	former Kumagayari flight school
	第53飛行師団	?	1945	?	?
	第55飛行師団	?	1945	?	?
Teishin Shudan	第1挺進集団	?	1945	?	paratroopers
	立川教導航空整備師団	20 June 1944	1945	?	former Tachikawa flight school in Tachikawa Airfield
	水戸教導航空通信師団	May 1945	1945	?	former Army air transport school in Ibaraki Airport
	下志津教導飛行師団	June 1945	1945	?	former Shimoshidu air school in Wakaba-ku
	明野教導飛行師団	June 1945	1945	?	former Akenokyo air school　in Obata, Mie
	常陸教導飛行師団	November 1944	1945	?	former Hitachi air school in Hitachi, Ibaraki, split from Akenokyo flight school in March 1944
	鉾田教導飛行師団	June 1944	1945	?	former Hokota air school　in Hokota, Ibaraki
	浜松教導飛行師団	June 1944	1945	?	former Hamamatsu Army air school　in Hamamatsu
	宇都宮教導飛行師団	June 1944	1945	?	former Shirokiko Army air school　in Tokorozawa, Saitama, later in Northeast China.

Notes[]

[1] Japanese 2nd Air Group Manchuria late 1937

[2] Japanese Air Defenses Japanese Homeland June 1945

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