1st Air Squadron (Japan)

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1st Air Squadron
Active	July 5, 1938 – 1945
Country	Empire of Japan
Allegiance	Empire of Japan
Branch	Imperial Japanese Army
Type	Army aviation unit
Role	Fighter, bomber, reconnaissance
Engagements	World War II
Commanders
Notable commanders	Yoshitoshi Tokugawa Masanori Makino Tetsuji Ie Hiroyuki Shimoto

The 1st Air Squadron (第一飛行戦隊　Dai-ichi-hikō sentai) was a flying unit of the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service. The unit was established on 5 July 1938 at Kagamigahara, Japan. The unit saw service in Manchuria during the Manchuria Incident, China during the Second Sino-Japanese War and Burma, Netherlands East Indies, Indochina, Rabaul, Solomon Islands, New Guinea, Philippines, Formosa and Japan during World War II. The unit was disbanded at Takahagi, Japan in late 1945.