You know, people talk about all the "gaming" the game. The NOE missions, the bomb-n-bail, and everything else. But they forget that AH does not accurately simulate life; For example, Fleet Carriers for the major powers' in WWII had on average 60-80 planes. And those were broken down into so many Dive bombers, Torpedo planes, and Fighters. However, in AH, I've seen CV's disgorge well over 100 planes' of all types' during a fight.As well as airfields.
My point here being, you can't expect to fight in the true WWII style, without actually having WWII restrictions'. Was there an all-encompassing GPS radar showing every plane in flight in every theatre of WWII? Hell no. We have it for gameplay purposes. We have airfields' that can launch hundreds' of fighters' and bombers from them, yet only put 75% fuel on them, irrespective of supply. In reality, Alotta aircraft would have been grounded, but in AH, that doesn't work for gameplay. So we have that. Well over 3/4 of the planes' we have in our planeset, were origanally designed to fly and fight at alts' over 10k, With many of the battles' up between 15k to 30k. In this game, It is the norm to see fights' at 5k and less.
Remember this is a game. The tactics' in use are the ones' that work, with the tools' at hand. The only thing that's really gonna change the tactics' used, is to change the game itself (The strat system, The way bases are captured, The whole win-the-war system.) Until you do that, It will be more of the same.