1st Naval Air Fleet

The 1st Naval Air Fleet was the largest formation in the, consisting of several fighter groups assigned to the Imperial Combined Fleet. The unit was formed in 0 ABY along with the Combined Fleet itself, becoming the first of its kind, by assigning several fighter groups to the Fleet's s. Due to the technological superiority of the Rebel X-wings over the average TIE craft, the Combined Fleet followed a new doctrine of deploying massed carrier-based fighters in unprecedented numbers to overwhelm enemy ships. From its creation until the consolidation of the after the  in 3 ABY, the Empire's 1st Naval Air Fleet remained the single largest concentration of starfighter power in the galaxy.

The headquarters of the 1st Air Fleet were aboard the Imperial escort carrier Divine Wind.