Air Assault Force. See Fifth Air Force.
Air attacks, Japanese
on airfields: [86]–88, [187]
on shipping: [86]–88, [93], [155], [192]
on troops: [86], [93], [241], [290]
on U. S. naval units: [91], [155]
Air attacks, U. S.
A Day: [60]–62, [80]
on airfields: [94], [99], [220]
in Arafura Sea: [27]
on artillery positions: [93], [99]
on Bacolod airfield: [88]
on bridges: [93], [99]
against Burma: [28]
on Camotes Islands: [98], [99]
on Cebu: [27], [45], [96]
in Celebes Sea area: [27]
in close support: [130], [159], [161]
on convoys in Ormoc Valley: [208], [210]
on Davao area: [42]
on East Indies: [27]
effect of, on Japanese tactics: [54]
estimate of results of, A Day: [61], [93]
on Formosa: [27], [28], [43]–44
on Japanese aircraft: [155]
on Japanese ground troops: [93], [99]
on Japanese naval units: [86], [88], [90]–91, [96], [99]–102
on Japanese shipping: [27], [45], [88], [96], [98], [99]–102, [217], [254], [366]–67
on Labiranan Head: [108]
on Leyte: [27], [45]
on Luzon: [27], [43], [44], [45]
against Malaya: [28]
on Mindanao: [8], [96]
on mortar positions: [93]
on Negros: [27], [45], [96]
northern Leyte Valley: [146], [148]
on Okinawa: [27]
on Ormoc: [98], [212]–13
in Ormoc area: [283]–84, [286]
on Palaus: [8]
on Palompon: [98], [349]
on Panay: [45]
on Philippines: [23]–24, [27], [42]–43, [85]–86
plans to launch, against Japan: [2]
on Ryukyus: [43]
on Samar: [45]
in Sulu Sea: [27], [96]
on supply dumps: [93]
on Valencia: [98], [331], [333], [334]
on Visayan Islands: [96]
on Yap: [8]
Air bases: [3]–4. See also Airfields.
establishment of, planned: [6], [7]–8, [23]–24, [28], [35]–36, [62]
Japanese plans to attack: [53], [85]
need of: [1], [3], [7]
shortage of troops to construct: [36]
Air Force, Japanese. See Japanese Air Force.
Air Forces, U. S. See Fifth Air Force; Thirteenth Air Force; Twentieth Air Force.
Air losses, Japanese: [42]–44, [45], [54], [86], [88], [96], [284]
Air losses, U. S.: [42], [43], [86], [96], [98]–99, [208]
Air plans, Japanese: [53]–54, [86]
Air plans, U. S.
to combat Japanese air offensive: [86]
against Japan: [2]
for Leyte Campaign: [2]–3, [6], [8], [27]–28, [45]
missions of Fast Carrier Task Force: [27], [45]
missions of Fifth Air Force: [26], [94]
mission of Task Force 77: [24]