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was responsible for the development and training of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service. In 1941 it was headed by Vice-Admiral

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and was organized as follows: * General Affairs Department * Air Naval Intelligence Department * Land Based Airfield Engineering Department * Training Department - ensured that qualified personnel were sent to the Combined Air Training Command at Kasumigara. * Technical Department - Designed new aircraft and equipment plus was responsible for the storage and repair of aircraft at Naval Air Arsenals ** Aomori **

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** Hiro ** Omura or

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** Kanoya ** Kasumigara **

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Navy Training Schools and Units

Training for the IJNAS are conducted under training unit led directly by the Naval Air Bureau. Such unit could either be an actual combat air group(

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) or a proper training unit. For training pilot for carrier operation, light carriers are employed. Such schools and units was named after the place where they were established (cities, towns or Arsenal/Base), or with the carrier name if it is a carrier based unit. A numbering system is also used. For example, the 12th combined air group(training) based at

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consist of the Ōita, Usa, Hakata and Ōmura training air group.2nd (Kure) Naval District, Imperial Japanese Navy, 7.12.1941
/ref> Navy training units by name * Oppama * Chitose * Genzan *

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* Konoike * Ōita * Ōmura *

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* Hyakuri * Kasumigaura * Tsuikui * Kuiko *

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* Suzuka *

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* Kaminoike Training Carriers * Hōshō * Ryūhō

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