There were usually four sections in each hikotai, and each section (shotai) with three or four aircraft; by mid-1944 it was common for a shotai to have four aircraft.
Thường mỗi Hikotai chia làm bốn phần, mỗi phần (shotai) bao gồm ba hoặc bốn máy bay; vào giữa năm 1944 một shotai thường có bốn máy bay.