bombing airbases NEWBIE

[tonyscrase]

it's the start of my turn and none of my airbases or airgroups have moved. I have picked the bomb air base icon at the top and I have clicked on a suitable staging base.

When I hover over an an enemy air base it shows I have 100's of bombers and fighter. When I attempt to attack it there is a message saying bombers are unavailable or out of range and I can't work out why this should be so

Also I have noticed when bombing enemy land units I select the aircraft for the mission from the list of airgroups
BUT the actual attack consists of far fewer airgroups. Is this part of the game or am I doing something wrong

THANK YOU

[CapAndGown]

1) Most likely your "bomb airbase" setting in the air doctrine screen is set to zero.
2) Yes, this is normal.

[Chris21wen]

What CapandGown said plus not all aircraft reach a target no matter the mission.

Tip the best method of executing any air missions is to do it all manually:-

Select mission type
Select staging base
Shift right-click target

This way you get to choose which airgroups to use.