Rookie Questions

[Weasel]

I am playing the sudden death campaign myself.  As for your fighters, make sure your air bases are close behind your lines, the 109s have a short range, and also check your air doctrine screen and make sure air intercept escort is set a bit lower than 100 (if 100 than if the number of fighters the AI thinks it needs to intercept are not available then it won't send them.  For interdiction I use about 60% for escort.

Fighter bases circled:



Settings (NOTE FIGHTER INTERCEPT) (NOTE I am only in July 41 and can sweep the Reds from the sky in dogfights so my setting is lower):




**Of course I could be totally wrong!!**