[RRuger]

Ok I get it, they're escorting you like they ecsort the bombers. Wht are you seeing that? I have missions where I have several fighter groups and all fly in formation and follow all the waypoints to the fight, I'm confused as to why you're having this happen :?:

He means that fighters will escort fighter-bombers like bombers. I.E. 190 A-8's will escort 190 A-8's with bombs on them like they were bombers, when set to escort them.
But fighters should escort other fighters differently than bombers. So they don't circle above the fighter-bombers, but rather fly a bit higher without circling and just generally along the same path.

rgr that, I said I got it another way to maybe fix it is in the order of flight. If you make your flight the second or third squad and the fighters first in the mission this might solve the problem...