 Having lost a full squadron of dive-bombers the previous day at Pearl Harbor, Halsey has only 56 aircraft remaining on the "Enterprise" with which to engage the entire Japanese fleet.He commits half of his available bombers to a full-out search for the enemy carriers.Meanwhile, Yamamoto has divided his carriers, despatching the "Hiryu" and "Soryu", commanded by Admiral Ozawa, closer to Oahu to cover the crippled "Hiei" and guard against attacks from the south-east whilst the rest of the carriers are north-west of the islands, covering the west flank.