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'Night Modifier=0.01' (Thanks donut) That fixed night planes.

You can still get aircraft up to 2 hours after sunset. It all depends on if you have been located, how long the airstrike.cfg inserts between aircraft strike requests 'Logic Steps Between Air Sessions=XX' and what the modifier is for the aircrafts veterency. This allows for stale contact intercepts also.

Night planes were a reality in the pacific. If admiral Fluckey says there was, and he feared them, then that pretty much makes it fact.

It has to be remembered, that ASW tactics from groundbased aircraft was a specialised role and would not be blanket equipped over the whole theatre. There were several efforts undertaken in IJN ASW Doctrine, radar equipped night planes was one of them.

As far as Ducimus efforts in this field, it's safe to say he was far better off including it than leaving it out. It was a wise decision for gameplay. As someone who has spent 10's of hours watching planes equipped with various sensors, I can appreciate the effort.