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If I land an aircraft at a land base just to refuel, why does it take a couple hours?

Detailed explanation is here.

oh my goodness, that's awesome, but what's the simple explanation?

The simple answer is that the game doesn't model aircraft as landing only to refuel (as this is rare in practice). Once a plane touches down it goes through the procedures needed to re-launch a mission of whatever type its loadout involves.

Ok fair enough. I read some of the article, it was good. I guess we can always use tankers if we want to keep a plane fueled more quickly.

exactly
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You can do it like in real life and set up surges, but nothing is as simple as a refuel to begin with.