Dan maybe it's the "mystery fog" that's causing these bases and CV's to be lost? could be a lead into a new Steven King book here.
"Fog of Aces" see bases and CV's vanish beneath the watchfull eye of your convenient Armchair General !! Listen to the Squeaks and squeals while entire airfields are devoured on an otherwise sunny day. For each base that dissapears the squeals increase an octave !!