At present the software will not permit naval units to combine with ocean-going aircraft convoys. There is no good reason for this, and as such appears to be a carryover from programming that does not permit aircraft units on the ground to combine with ground units (which makes sense); the inability to combine naval escorts with ocean-going aircraft convoys in a single stack, on the other hand, makes little sense.

Could someone with knowledge of COW programming please address this? This should be fixed, and not subject to laborious and imperfect work-arounds that leave high-value convoys unprotected.

Perhaps Super Moderator @WiseOdin could do so?

Yeah, Wayne, I figured out the goofy work-around several week ago, but it is an imperfect one as it still leaves the aircraft convoy largely unprotected from air attack and naval gunfire. The work-around does offer some measure of protection against submarines that lie in front of the aircraft convoy, as the separate escorts will also plow into the sub(s) either immediately before or after the aircraft convoy, possibly saving or reducing the damage to the aircraft convoy.

Thank you.

Thank you.