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Index data from published lists (🟡 index). “—” means unknown — nothing filled in by guesswork. Bold = verified against primary sources.

Flying Regiments — Hikō Sentai (91)

No.NameCode nameFormation placeFormedMain campaigns
1 1st Flying RegimentTracing its origin to a provisional air unit of the First World War, it passed through the 1st Air Battalion and the 1st Flying Regiment. It has the oldest lineage among the Army's flying units. 威8301 Naka Village, Inaba District, Gifu Prefecture (now Kakamigahara City; JASDF Gifu Air Base) 1938 支那事変・大東亜戦争
2 2nd Flying RegimentA reconnaissance regiment formed at Kakamigahara in Gifu Prefecture. One month before the war ended, on 15 July 1945, it was reorganised into the 12th Independent Flying Unit and the number disappeared. 威11614 Kakamigahara 1938 日中戦争-第二次世界大戦
3 3rd Flying RegimentOne of the units that took up skip bombing, the new tactic against shipping, in the later part of the Pacific War. On 24 October 1944 in the Philippines it attempted the largest skip-bombing attack the Japanese Army ever mounted, with twenty-two Type 99 twin-engine light bombers, but was intercepted and destroyed before reaching its target 威18967 Yōkaichi 1938 日中戦争-第二次世界大戦
4 4th Flying RegimentAshiya, where it was formed, is today the JASDF Ashiya Air Base; Ozuki, where it ended the war, is today the JMSDF Ozuki Air Base. The airfield at its beginning and the airfield at its end are both still airfields. 天風35001 Ashiya, Onga District, Fukuoka Prefecture (now JASDF Ashiya Air Base) 1938 日中戦争・大東亜戦争
5 5th Flying RegimentTraced back to the 5th Air Battalion formed in 1921, one of the longest histories among the Army's fighter units 天鷲15310 Tachikawa City 1938 日中戦争-第二次世界大戦
6 6th Flying RegimentFormed at Heijo and ending the war at Taikyu, this light-bomber regiment stayed on the Korean peninsula from beginning to end. 隼魁9102 Pyongyang (Korea) 1938 日中戦争-第二次世界大戦
7 7th Flying RegimentOn 30 May 1930 the officers' club of this unit was used as the temporary imperial lodging when the Showa Emperor visited Shizuoka Prefecture. 靖21202 Tachikawa, Kita-Tama District, Tokyo Prefecture 1925 大東亜戦争
8 8th Flying Regiment — Pingtung City (Taiwan) 1938 —
9 9th Flying RegimentA fighter regiment formed at Kainei in northern Korea; at the end of the war it was at Nanking. 隼魁9103 Hoeryŏng (Korea) 1938 日中戦争
10 10th Flying RegimentFormed at Nonjiang in northern Manchuria, it was at Taipei when the war ended. The regiment served in both reconnaissance and light bombing. 誠9624 Nenjiang (Manchuria) 1938 ノモンハン事件-太平洋戦争
11 11th Flying RegimentBore a lightning-bolt marking on the tail fin, earning the nickname "the Lightning unit" 燕8311 Harbin (Manchuria) 1938 ノモンハン事件-太平洋戦争- 日中戦争
12 12th Flying RegimentA heavy-bomber regiment formed at Kungchuling in Manchuria; at the end of the war it was at Pingtung in Taiwan. It flew everything from the Italian-type heavy bomber to the Type 100. 誠9122 Gongzhuling (Manchuria) 1938 ノモンハン事件-太平洋戦争
13 13th Flying RegimentFormed at Kakogawa in Hyogo Prefecture and at Pingtung in Taiwan when the war ended. It flew six different fighters in succession, from the Type 95 to the Type 4. 誠11703 Kakogawa (Hyōgo Prefecture) 1938 太平洋戦争
14 14th Flying RegimentA heavy-bomber regiment formed at Chiayi in Taiwan. It flew the Type 97 and Type 4 heavy bombers. — Chiayi (Taiwan) 1938 日中戦争-第二次世界大戦
15 15th Flying Regiment 威8315 Hsinking (now Changchun; Manchuria) 1938 ノモンハン事件-太平洋戦争
16 16th Flying Regiment 隼魁9142 Hailang (Manchuria) 1938 ノモンハン事件-太平洋戦争-日中戦争
17 17th Flying Regiment — Kakamigahara 1944 比島・台湾
18 18th Flying Regiment — 調布 1943 比島（ルソン）・北九州
19 19th Flying Regiment — 明野 1944 比島・ハルマヘラ
20 20th Flying Regiment — 伊丹 1943 千島・沖縄・台湾
21 21st Flying Regiment — — — ビルマ・スマトラ（パレンバン）
22 22nd Flying Regiment — 福生 1944 中国（漢口）・朝鮮
23 23rd Flying Regiment — 太田 1944 関東防空・硫黄島
24 24th Flying Regiment — ハルピン 1938 ノモンハン・比島
25 25th Flying Regiment — 漢口 1942 中国（漢口・桂林）
26 26th Flying Regiment — 衙門屯（チチハル近郊） 1942 比島・東部ニューギニア・スマトラ
27 27th Flying Regiment — — — —
28 28th Flying Regiment — 温春 1939 ニューギニア・比島
29 29th Flying Regiment — 岐阜 1939 台湾・中国（湘桂）
30 30th Flying Regiment — 東京城（東満州） 1943 比島・ハルマヘラ
31 31st Flying Regiment — — — ノモンハン・比島
32 32nd Flying Regiment — — — —
33 33rd Flying Regiment — 牡丹江（海浪） 1938 ノモンハン・中国（山西）
34 34th Flying Regiment — — — —
38 38th Flying Regiment — — — —
44 44th Flying Regiment — — — —
45 45th Flying Regiment — — — —
47 47th Flying Regiment 新撰組・かわせみ部隊 成増・東京 1943 ビルマ・関東防空
48 48th Flying Regiment — 間島（東満延吉付近） 1943 中国（湘桂作戦）・沖縄
50 50th Flying RegimentKnown for its unit marking, a lightning bolt running from the tail fin to the wing root 誠9914 Taichung (Taiwan) 1940 日中戦争-第二次世界大戦
51 51st Flying Regiment — 小月 1944 比島（ルソン）・沖縄
52 52nd Flying Regiment — Osaka 1944 北九州・比島
53 53rd Flying Regiment — 所沢 1944 関東防空
54 54th Flying Regiment — 柏 1941 中国（漢口・広東）
55 55th Flying Regiment — 大正（大阪近郊） 1944 比島（レイテ）
56 56th Flying Regiment — 大正 1944 中京防空・北九州防空
58 58th Flying Regiment — — — —
59 59th Flying RegimentKnown as the first unit equipped with the Type 1 Fighter 'Hayabusa' 西部大51、天風第35002、師第2327部隊 Kakamigahara 1938 ノモンハン事件-第二次世界大戦
60 60th Flying Regiment — — — —
61 61st Flying Regiment — — — —
62 62nd Flying RegimentFour of its eight successive commanders were killed in action — said to be the most of any Army air regiment 灘9908 Obihiro City 1941 第二次世界大戦
63 63rd Flying Regiment — 八戸（青森県） 1943 千島・東部ニューギニア
64 64th Flying RegimentBest known by its byname, the 'Katō Hayabusa Fighter Unit,' after its commander Katō Tateo. The army song and the 1944 Tōhō film of the same name made it a household name in wartime Japan. The fighter's own nickname 'Hayabusa' is said to have been taken from the opening line of the unit's song. 高9124満州404 Anyang, Henan Province (China) 1938 日中戦争-ノモンハン事件-第二次世界大戦
65 65th Flying Regiment — — — —
66 66th Flying Regiment — — — —
67 67th Flying Regiment — — — —
68 68th Flying Regiment — ハルピン 1942 東部ニューギニア（ラバウル）
70 70th Flying Regiment — 満州・杏樹 1941 満州・帝都防空
71 71st Flying Regiment — 亀山（北伊勢） 1944 北九州・比島
72 72nd Flying Regiment — 北伊勢 1944 阪神・比島
73 73rd Flying Regiment — 北伊勢（亀山） 1944 関東防空・比島
74 74th Flying Regiment — — — —
75 75th Flying Regiment 隼2379 — — 第二次世界大戦
77 77th Flying Regiment — — — 北支・仏印（タイ）
78 78th Flying Regiment — 杏樹（東満州） 1942 満州・東部ニューギニア
81 81st Flying Regiment — — — —
82 82nd Flying Regiment — — — —
83 83rd Flying Regiment — — — —
85 85th Flying Regiment — 孫家（満州） 1941 中国（桂林・広東）
87 87th Flying Regiment — ハルビン 1941 満州・スマトラ（パレンバン）
90 90th Flying Regiment — — — —
95 95th Flying Regiment — — — —
98 98th Flying Regiment — — — —
101 101st Flying Regiment — 北伊勢 1944 沖縄
102 102nd Flying Regiment — 北伊勢 1944 沖縄・本土防空
103 103rd Flying Regiment — — — —
104 104th Flying Regiment — 小月 1944 満州（奉天・鞍山）
105 105th Flying Regiment — Taichung (Taiwan) 1944 台湾・沖縄
106 106th Flying Regiment — — — —
107 107th Flying Regiment — — — —
108 108th Flying Regiment — — — —
109 109th Flying Regiment — — — —
110 110th Flying Regiment — — — —
111 111th Flying RegimentFormed in July 1945; together with the 112th, the last of the Army's fighter regiments — Sano Airfield (Osaka) 1945 第二次世界大戦
112 112th Flying Regiment — 新田（群馬県） 1945 本土防空
200 200th Flying Regiment — 明野 1944 比島（レイテ）
204 204th Flying Regiment — 鎮西（西満州白城子付近） 1942 ビルマ
208 208th Flying Regiment — — — —
244 244th Flying RegimentCharged with the air defense of the capital; styled itself the 'Guards Flying Unit' 帥34213 Chōfu City 1941 第二次世界大戦・(ソ連対日参戦)
246 246th Flying Regiment — Kakogawa 1942 阪神・台湾
248 248th Flying Regiment — 雁の巣（福岡県） 1942 北九州・東部ニューギニア

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