Hikōtai Transport Unit
The Japanese Army Air Force Hikōtai Unit was an Imperial Japanese Army Air Service Air transport section (a Hikōtai) whose mission was to transport personnel, weapons and equipment to occupied territories or the combat front in wartime. Such units supported Army airborne forces during their missions as well. Fleet These service operated various types of aircraft: *Kawasaki Ki-3 (Liaison and communications) *Nakajima Ki-4 (Liaison and communications) *Kokusai Ki-76 "Stella" (Liaison) *Kobeseiko Te-Gō (Liaison) *Mansyu Ki-97 (Communications) *Mitsubishi Ki-7 (Liaison) *Mitsubishi Ki-46 "Dinah" (Liaison, communication and courier) *Tachikawa (Ishikawajima) Light Ambulance (Air Ambulance/liaison) *Tachikawa Ki-9 "Spruce" (Communications) *Tachikawa Ki-17 "Cedar" (Communications) *Kayaba Ka-1 (communications helicopter) *Kawasaki Ki-56 "Thalia" (Merchant transport) *Kokusai Ki-59 "Theresa" (Light transport) *Mitsubishi Ki-1 (Heavy Bomber/Transport) *Mitsubishi Ki-7 (Light transport) ...
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Imperial Japanese Army Air Service
The Imperial Japanese Army Air Service (IJAAS) or Imperial Japanese Army Air Force (IJAAF; ja, 大日本帝國陸軍航空部隊, Dainippon Teikoku Rikugun Kōkūbutai, lit=Greater Japan Empire Army Air Corps) was the aviation force of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA). Just as the IJA in general was modeled mainly on the German Army, the IJAAS initially developed along similar lines to the Imperial German Army Aviation; its primary mission was to provide tactical close air support for ground forces, as well as a limited air interdiction capability. The IJAAS also provided aerial reconnaissance to other branches of the IJA. While the IJAAS engaged in strategic bombing of cities such as Shanghai, Nanking, Canton, Chongqing, Rangoon, and Mandalay, this was not the primary mission of the IJAAS, and it lacked a heavy bomber force. It did not usually control artillery spotter/observer aircraft; artillery battalions controlled the light aircraft and balloons that operated in the ...
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