User blog comment:TenkouKuugen/LBAS - Take Care of Your Fairies/@comment-109.50.210.184-20180825201044/@comment-28112544-20180826005204

Glad you liked it :)

The slot order makes little different in most Sortie situations. However, when there's Base Raid involved, you could lose planes starting from LBAS#1-Slot#1 (as discussed in "Orders Matter"). Depending on how much damage your base has taken, 1-3 planes could be lost during sortie.

Without going into too much maths: both the fighter power and bombing power has a relationship with sqrt(Number-of-planes), ie losing 3 planes isn't a big deal normally. Now here's what to consider: if your eFP is dangerously close to the Air Control threshold, it may be wise to put the bombers on top.

Otherwise, like in most Event scenarios, the boss node has uber AA capabilities and I don't feel so comfortable reducing my 18-plane bomber squad down to 15 to feed the TSU (oh the meat grinders =.=). That's the reason why I suggested the order of "Recons-Fighters-Bombers" as a general guide, but please feel free to apply common sense and adapt to your own needs.

I hope that helps :)