1927年9月,原本因「理蕃政策」而成立的「警察航空班」由於國防因素廢止後,日本軍方乃將原本駐防於九州太刀洗的陸軍飛行第八聯隊移防至台灣屏東,並開啟軍方航空部隊常駐台灣的新頁。而該聯隊駐防台灣的原因,主要則與1921年『華盛頓海軍軍縮』,以及1930年『倫敦海軍軍縮』有著相當直接的關係。因為一戰後的兩次『海軍軍縮條約』除限定締約國海軍主力艦的比例外,條約內容也限定了日本海軍航空部隊往後在台灣的發展,並且直接影響到日本陸軍航空兵力改編與整理,以及駐防於台灣的決定。因此,兩次的『海軍軍縮條約』,對於軍方航空部隊在台灣的發展來說,可說是扮演舉足輕重的關鍵角色。
Since the Aviation Police Office was terminated due to national defense in 1927, Japanese military deployed the 8(superscript th) Regiment of Army Air Force, originally garrisoned in Kyushu Tachiarai, to Ping-Tung and started the new phase that military air force troop permanently settled in Taiwan. The reason the troop settled in Taiwan was directly related to the ”Washington Naval Treaty” in 1921 and the ”London Naval Treaty” in 1930. Explicitly speaking, these two naval treaties after the World War I not only limited the proportion of battleships in the signed nations, but also restricted Japanese navy and air force troop's development in Taiwan. The treaties directly affected the reorganization and deployment to Japanese military and air force and the decision-making about garrisoning in Taiwan. Therefore, the two naval treaties played a decisive role on the development of air force troops in Taiwan.