@ vdr1981 Re. "Carriers spawning aircraft when they have a contact detected"
I have finally found the post where TDW describes the working of his patch. I also mentions a testing mission though I am not sure that he included it in the patcher. Hope that helps you in understanding why the patch didn't work during your tests.
Here's the link:
https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho...postcount=2193