mission help JTS Midway

[phoenix]

I don't know if anyone is still playing this game! If anyone could help, however, I'd be very grateful. 

My question is about giving missions to planes already out and about on a mission. So, for example, I send out ten planes in a search pattern. Once the enemy target is located I would like them all to then bomb the target (preferably not piecemeal, but this seems really too much to ask of the game...), then fly back home and land. Can I automate any of this process? 

For example, if I double click on the leader of those ten planes (selecting the entire formation) then right click on the target will all the planes then try to bomb the target? Or, alternatively, can I select them all then give them all a strike mission on the target, whilst they're in the air? 

Once they've bombed the target, can I use the same two techniques to get them back home? 

I should write - should I be able to do any of this? because I've tried both methods without success, and wonder if I'm doing anything wrong. 

Many thanks. 

Oh, I thought of another question. My Cap - will it automatically try to land when it runs dry, or do I have to order it to land? (Again, it seems what happens if I do nothing is they all just ditch, but maybe I'm missing something?)