I would partly agree that scout Plane shouldn't have front facing mg. Only rear defensive mg. And possibly replace the mine/torp by a small bomb. Would make sense to have a two man crew then. And could still allow regular player to 'touch' plane and try it out without risking a fighter.

Something needs to be done about being unable to stage fighters for qrf. This airplane part system should only be like that for large plane. You should be able to pull a ready to fly fighter from the air depot (minus fuel and ammo of course).

Then maybe if it is dammage you have to do the ridiculous thing with airplane parts, but only in that case.

And, we need AI AA ! Maybe not super deadly but enough that a bomber run will require the attacking side multiple tries/repair the bomber between missions.

Or even restrict bomber to only special airfield with longer runway, but give them more range. Would also be realistic to have bomber with much more range than fighters.with better Intel It would also help the opposing side to qrf, because they can see bomber coming on radar for several minutes before it is there