In the short term, carrier-based aircraft were the best solution.
It is the 61st kill of the war for American carrier-based aircraft.
For the first time in the Pacific, carrier-based aircraft lay naval mines during the strikes.
The Americans would be in the midst now of launching their carrier-based aircraft.
It is the first interception of an airship by a carrier-based aircraft.
Another possible support role for a carrier-based aircraft is that of aerial refueling.
Advanced for its time, it was the fastest carrier-based aircraft put into service by Japan during the war.
Japanese carrier-based aircraft were most unlikely to find her there.
No carrier-based aircraft could fly or hope to land in weather like this, either, so things evened out.