Army Aeronautical Department
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The Army Aeronautical Department or Army Aeronautical Bureau (Kogun Koku Hombu) of the Ministry of War of Japan was responsible for the technical aeronautical development, aircraft manufacturing and training of the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service. It was based in Ichigaya Heights and was also the administrative and higth military command section of Japanese Army Air Service.
The Japanese Army Air Service administrative unit was equal in functions to German Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM), Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (OKL), American U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) and British Royal Air Ministry administrative branches during wartimes
Between your section was stayed the Inspectorate-General of Army Aviation also and Tachikawa Army Air Arsenal.
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[edit] Army Aeronautical Department Sections
- Commander-in-Chief of Army Air Service Office
- Air Force Staff Department
- General Affairs and Administrative Department
- Second Bureau of Army Aeronautical Department
- Inspectorate-General of Army Aviation (Kogun Koku Sokambu)
- General Affairs Unit of Inspectorate of Army Aviation
- Air Training and Instruction Department
- Military Air Academy (main Army Air Academy)
- Supply Bureau unit of Army Aeronautical Department
- Army Air Technical Laboratories
- Tachikawa Army Air Arsenal
- Army Air Transport Department
- Army Air Intelligence Department
[edit] Army Training Organization
The Army Training Organization was conformed for Air Training and Instruction Department and Akeno, Hakujoshi, Hamamatsu, Hitachi, Hokota, Kumagawa, Mito, Niigata, Shimoshizu, Tachiari, Tachikawa, Tokorozawa, Utsonomiai Kyodo-Hikotai (Army Flying Schools)
Amongst previous units Kwantung Army stablished others Air Training Schools in Manchukuo how Kungchuling, Anshan, Mukden, Hsingyuchcheng, Chingshanru, Mengkuli, Yamentun, Sanshilipu, Hailang, Hailin, Hsingshu, Chenhsi, Chentung, Chinchow, Fushin, Hsingcheng, Koupantzu,Kaiyun and Hsinking Kyodo-Hikotai (Army Flying Schools)
- Koku Shikan Gakko - Army Air Academy, located at Irumagawa, Japan
- Tachikawa Army Air Test Center
- Tokooya Army Air Officers School
- Tokorozawa Army Air Maintenance School
- Utsonomia Army Air Communications School
[edit] Army Air Arsenal
Japanese Air Army Service possessed one special air technical section, the First Tachikawa Air Army Arsenal. These section of the special workshop and air technical institution in charge of all aerial developments of Air Army service units. Between the technical branches was the Testing Section for Captured allied aircraft, with installations in Tachikawa, Philippinesand Singapore.Another section of Tachikawa Hikoki K.K. and Rikugun Kokukosho K.K. the Army's aircraft companies, who was responsible for continuing aircraft development and, along with Tachikawa, the manufacture of some aircraft for Japanese Army.
[edit] Army Air Intelligence Department
As special service unit related with Japanese secret services,inside of Army Air Force services, its function was to collect information, implement secret plannings and coordinated secret operations amongs other units of Japanese Army or Navy secret services.theirs provided air transport and support at secret agents in your undercover actions in wartimes.some such units are:
- Matsuwa Air Intelligence Unit
- Uruppu Air Intelligence Unit
- Etorofu Air Intelligence Unit
