The health of your units is too low. See the color tagging of the units?
I thought you might mention that... its actually because I broke the units up into smaller units with only a third of their equipment assigned in the hopes that it would change things; but notice how the bright green units are also resting? So yah, I can recombine the fighters and they'll still rest as bright-green units. But perhaps the equation should not take the fraction of assigned vs authorized strength into account? I mean, honestly, why would that matter? During the Normandy invasion, two lone German fighters strafed the beaches; they didn't care that the rest of their assigned strength was unavailable, and they didn't rest.
Also, you should check the relative sizes of your air units vis-a-vis those of the opposing side
I'm making 100% identical forces on each side, which is why I think I'm about the only person around here qualified to start talking about TOAW's equations in a scientific manner; people who haven't been doing that really have no objective standard to measure anything against, and they can talk all day about trying to balance a scenario, but they really can't seriously discuss how anything works. That is exactly the case with the AP/DF thread, where people insist that AP=attack and DF=defense, when it is clear from using identical units that AP/DF affects both attack and defense.
Fix it, and your air units will probably perform better.
I dunno, they weren't doing better before I broke them up. On the other hand, I did manage to actually figure out what is happening, which is why these threads are useful, and would be even more useful if certain people would try harder to understand what is happening, refrain from insisting that everything is just fine, and refrain from spamming the thread with side commentary. Anyways, it turns out that during PM turns, the aircraft like to rest; and so if the air manager is off, then they'll keep resting. I really don't think in this case, that it has much of anything to do with supply levels, readiness, or assigned equipment -- it appears to be primarily a function of PM turns. So, I guess the program has a problem if you don't use the air manager, but if you do... its not so bad.
wolflars: Or... were agreeing with me?
Of course I'm agreeing with you; however, in my opinion, this problem is both inconvenient AND unrealistic. High-ranking military commanders generally don't have to deal with this kind of inconvience; when it happens, you drive over to the airfield, fire the commander, and appoint someone else to take over. I'll concede however that it can be realistic, in some situations where the air force is not very supportive of the army; however, the program should really allow you to create situations where the air force is very supportive and subordinate to the player.
It is my professional opinion that you seek help. I am done here. No further comments.
You see? You are trolling! That's what its called when you go around trying to be the nice guy and seek happy peaceful interaction, and conclude with what can only be construed as a series of snide personal attacks, disguised as helpful advice, and delivered in a passive-aggressive manner. Sure, you can say that I'm paranoid to claim that certain individuals here are intent on attacking me; or maybe I'm just familiar with canadian hockey players who drink beer, lonely people who sit at computers, and how the political mechanisms of internet communities operate.
It'd be easy for me to get along here, all I'd have to do is follow certain people around (Jamiam and Veers are good targets) and compliment them while figuring out who they don't like and insulting those people in a way which makes Veers do the [:D]; this is the way the world works, and I'm not at all paranoid. I'm criticizing your pet little game, not taking the hint to love it or leave, and insisting on arguing with people who have established themselves as important here; on top of that, I show a general lack of respect for those who troll at me, and its meanwhile only natural that you focus upon my disrespect as a crime, while accepting their disrespect as presumably warranted due to their authority status -- for someone who claims to understand psychoanalysis, I think you show a stunning lack of understanding for how primates operate.
Meanwhile, I actually do care about TOAW, and I just wish it gave scenario designers more flex. I really have no desire to talk about historical accuracy, and I'm pretty sure I know what I'm doing; where TOAW works, it works great, but where it doesn't... the best solution is to allow scenario designers to set the values however they want.
The last remaining fighter let's say of a squadron will NEVER take off - the USAF will want to know why it's losses were so severe. Example - after the bombing raids w/B17's over Germany in 1943 w/such heavy losses - they discontinued these attacks! They knew they needed a long range fighter but damn the losses. Reality does set in though - imagine Overlord w/the French railroad in good condition 
