Midway attack force had required only fifteen minutes to rise en masse from the four flight decks of Kido Butai, and once aloft they had rendezvoused quickly and flown toward Midway in one huge, integrated formation. In June 1942, such a feat was simply beyond American capabilities. The Hornet and Enterprise had required a full hour to get their strikes in the air. Once aloft, they did not attempt to rendezvous; they did not even fly off in the same direction.
