Aircraft Flight Times and Positions on the Map

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I have noticed some discrepancies in aircraft behaviour when returning from missions.

I had three Naval Bombers on individual Patrols and recalled them all. One went back to base immediately and was available for missions immediately, two flew back the long way. I have noticed generally that aircraft returning from Patrol can behave in different ways.

I have redirected aircraft returning from Attack missions to a new base, and sometimes they return immediately and sit with a timer running to represent the return journey before they move on, other times they fly back and then relocate.

I have also seen aircraft a couple minutes from target jump back along the flight path and continue to target with the longer flight time resulting. I am not sure what causes this, it seems to be occasional and random.