I reflect on the creation of the First Air Fleet in the Japanese Navy and its concomitant Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA).
The 1st Air Fleet (第一航空艦隊, Daiichi Kōkū Kantai), also known as the Kidō Butai (”Mobile Force”), was a combined carrier battle group comprising most of the aircraft carriers and carrier air groups of the Imperial Japanese Navy (I…
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