Pada masa operasi yang paling terkenal, iaitu serangan Pearl Harbor, pada Disember 1941, Armada Udara Pertama merupakan armada kapal induk terbesar dunia.
Bagi generasi keduanya, Armada Udara Pertama mempunyai armada berpangkalan di darat "kichi kōkūtai" (unit pangkalan udara).
Rujukan
Bibliografi
Hata, Ikuhiko; Izawa, Yasuho and Shores, Christopher, (2011) Japanese Naval Air Force Fighter Units and Their Aces 1932-1945, Grub Street, ISBN978-1-906502-84-3
Parshall, Jonathan; Tully, Anthony (2005). Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway. Dulles, Virginia: Potomac Books. ISBN1-57488-923-0.
Prange, Gordon W. in collaboration with Goldstein, Donald M. and Dillon, Katherine V. (1981) At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor, Penguin Books, Ltd., ISBN0-14-00-6455-9
Thorpe, Donald W. (1977) Japanese Naval Air Force Camouflage and Markings World War II. Fallbrook, CA: Aero Publishers, 1977. ISBN0-8168-6583-3 (hardcover; paperback ISBN0-8168-6587-6).
"Monthly the Maru" series, and "The Maru Special" series, "Ushio Shobō". Diarkibkan daripada yang asal pada 2009-05-30. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (bantuan) (Japan)
"Monthly Ships of the World" series, "Kaijinsha". Diarkibkan daripada yang asal pada 2009-05-30. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (bantuan) (Japan)
"Famous Airplanes of the World" series and "Monthly Kōku Fan" series, Bunrindō (Japan)