I've got a squadron of fighters with three size 2 box launchers. Hangar Reload 15 minutes, MF Reload 2.5 hours they claim.
They fly off, shoot at the enemy and then land on their carrier. I look to see how long until they can launch again (the captain of the carrier has a good Fighter Ops rating so I'm hoping for faster) and see 17901 seconds to reload. Which is a bit under 5 hours.
The other fighter size craft have similar massive reload times on their box launchers. Is this a bug or just a strange feature I don't understand?