Origins
The origin of the 1st Air Fleet had to do with creating the first carrier based air fleet. In 1912, the Royal Navy had established its own flying branch, the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). The Japanese admirals, whose own Navy had been modeled on the Royal Navy and whom they admired, themselves proposed their own Naval Air Service. The Japanese Navy had also observed technical developments in other countries and saw that the airplane had potential. The following year, in 1913 a Navy transport ship, the Wakamiya was converted into a seaplane tender, a number of aircraft were also purchased. The 1st and 2nd Air Fleet were to be the primary attack force of the IJNAS.
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