Imperial Japanese Army . 大日本帝国陸軍航空
第一飛行戦隊
On the evening of 26 June 1939 Sgt Maj Mitsuyoshi Tarui and Cpl Shinji Arai on their Ki-27 were bounced by a large force of I-16 fighters, but quickly managed to turn the tables. With the help of Lt Fujio Honma who came to their rescue, they amnaged to shoot down two aircraft each before making their escape unharmed.
ATTACK SQUADRON EIGHT ONE (VA-81) "Sunliners"
USS Saratoga (CV 60) / Carrier Air Wing 17 (CVW-17)
Operation Prairie Fire, Operations Attain Document I, / II / III
ATTACK SQUADRON EIGHT THREE (VA-83) "Rampagers”
USS Saratoga (CV 60) / Carrier Air Wing 17 (CVW-17)
ATTACK SQUADRON FOUR SIX (VA-46) "Clansmen"
Operation "EL DORADO CANYON"
USS AMERICA (CV 66), CVW-1. March 1986
ATTACK SQUADRON EIGHT SEVEN (VA-87) "Golden Warriors"
USS America (CVA 66), CVW-6. 1973
ATTACK SQUADRON EIGHT SIX (VA-86) "Sidewinders"
USS America (CVA 66), CVW-6. 1973
ATTACK SQUADRON TWO SEVEN (VA-27) "Royal Maces"
USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), CVW-15. 1985
ATTACK SQUADRON FOUR SIX (VA-46) "Clansmen"
USS JOHN F KENNEDY (CV 67), Carrier Air Wing THREE (CVW 3). 1991
Operation DESERT STORM
Imperial Japanese Army . 大日本帝国陸軍航空
第一飛行戦隊
1st Sentai. Nomonhan, Manchuria. June 1939
Pilot Lt.Col. Toshio Kato (1st Sentai Commanding Officer)
ATTACK SQUADRON ONE ONE THREE (VA-113) "Stingers"
USS Ranger (CV 61), CVW-2. 1975
ATTACK SQUADRON EIGHT THREE (VA-83) "Rampagers"
USS Forrestal (CV 59), CVW-17
Mediterranean, 1975
ATTACK SQUADRON ONE FIVE (VA-15) "The Valions"
USS Independence (CV 62), CVW-6
Mediterranean, 1985