Imperial Japanese Army Air Academy

The Imperial Japanese Army Air Academy (陸軍航空士官学校, Rikugun Kōkū Shikan Gakkō) was the principal officers' training school for the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service. The classrooms of the academy were located in the city of Sayama, Saitama Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo. An airfield was added in 1937 and used by the IJA Air Service until 1945.[1]

  1. ^ Mikesh, Robert C. (1993). Broken Wings of the Samurai: The Destruction of the Japanese Airforce. Airlife. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-85310-303-2.