Deployment of Fighters

[CliveUK]

I failed to deploy my fighters during the set-up (I didn't leave enough space around the carrier). I thought I would get an option later to launch them, but there is no such option. Is this meant to be possible in the real game or do you miss the opportunity once the turns have started?

[Joe]

This is in the Playbook, section 21. Setup:

Fighter Launch: FTRs are not placed during deployment with a friendly CV or Base. After deployment is over but before Impulse A begins, FTRs must be launched into a hex adjacent to a friendly CV or base. The space must NOT contain terrain or other ships. Only 1 FTR counter may be launched to a given hex. The space a FTR is launched into MAY be outside the deployment zone. If a given FTR counter cannot be placed, it is not launched in this battle.

So unless you make space for them at the beginning, you will not be able to place them...