There were land-based air force planes at an airport nearby, but most of the planes were on aircraft carriers that were at sea during the invasion, and were untouched.
they were bombed and sunk by the Japanese air force
US general Dolittle (then a colonel)
The imperial Japanese air force and navy under command of general Tojo
The attack planes at pearl harbor were Curtiss P-40 Warhawks
On December 7, 1941, Japan surprise attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Japan destroyed some air force bases and nearly damaged or sunk almost all the navy ships. Around 2,000 people died from the attacks. After Pearl Harbor, the US entered into the WWII.
by air
The commanders of the Japanese force that attacked Pearl Harbor were Chuichi Nagumo and Isoroku Yamamoto.
The U.S. was an allied force. in fact it was a major force.
Japanese lost 29 aircraft on the attack on pearl harbor The Americans lost 188 aircraft on the ground and in the air.
The United States really had little or no warning of the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor. It was chosen by the Japanese as an ideal place to attack because it was where almost all of the United States' fleet was stationed, as well as their air force.
Pearl Harbor was attacked by the combined efforts of air and sea military units.
George Marshall i believe