Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Masu jigilar jiragen sama suna da asalinsu a zamanin Yaƙin Duniya na I. Gwaje-gwajen farko sun ƙunshi sanya dandamali na "tashi" na ɗan lokaci zuwa hasumiyar bindiga na jiragen ruwa na ƙasashe da yawa, musamman Amurka da Ingila. Jirgin farko da za a canza tare da jirgin sama na dindindin shi ne battlecruiser, wanda da farko yana da jirgin sama guda daya a gaba na asali na asali. Daga bisani, an canza ta tare da "saukowa" a kan jirgin ruwa na baya kuma daga bisani tare da cikakken jirgin ruwa. Sauran jiragen ruwa, sau da yawa jiragen ruwa, an canza su don samun cikakken jirgin sama, wanda shine na farko da aka fara irin wannan gyare-gyare. Waɗannan matakai na farko da ba su da tabbas ba sun nuna yadda jirgin mai ɗauke da jirgin sama yake da muhimmanci. A lokacin shekarun tsakanin (tsakanin Yaƙe-yaƙe na Duniya), Japan, Birtaniya da Amurka sun gina manyan jiragen ruwa masu yawa don haka a farkon yakin duniya na biyu, suna da 18 masu sufuri tare da su. Yaƙin Taranto na 1940
Kuma 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor a baya ya nuna wa duniya cewa mai ɗaukar jirgin sama ya zama mafi muhimmanci jirgin ruwa a cikin zamani rundunar. A yau, masu jigilar jiragen sama sune manyan jiragen ruwa na jiragen ruwa da suke aiki a ciki, kuma a game da "masu dauke da jiragen sama" na Amurka na zamani, sun shiga cikin rukuni na iska wanda yake da karfi a cikin kananan jiragen sama.