Mid-battle? No. Post-battle, though? Yes; my experience has been that it seems as though carrier fighters are replaced after every engagement, though I've seen others indicate that it takes a turn or two for carrier fighters to be replaced.

If you're suggesting mid-battle fighter replacements, then I'm very much against this. Carriers can already be incredibly strong; improving them by making them spawn replacement fighters mid-battle is completely unnecessary and would require significant changes to the fighter system (not that that'd be a bad thing). If you're suggesting post-battle fighter replacements, this would seem unnecessary to me since in my experience fighters are replaced after every battle anyways, though as I've seen others indicate that it can take a turn or two for fighters to be replaced there may be one or more bugs involved.

It takes 2 or 3 turns for fighters to be replaced.  That is a change on how it was done, but not sure when it came in.  Only noticed it fairly recently.

No

I agree they should't be replaced during the battle. In my last game, I noticed that my fighters were not getting replaced after a battle. But, I was sending the task group into a battle almost every turn for about three or four in a row. 

It would be helpful to know how long it does take to replace.

Thanks,

Don

thanks joeball, that is good info.  Not sure either but i think your assessment is correct