Heres what the Larry Harris Tournament Rules state on fighters and Aircraft carriers
Newly built fighters can be placed into
territories containing an industrial complex
controlled by your power from the start of
your turn, or they may be placed on an
aircraft carrier owned by your power in a
seazone adjacent to a territory with such an
industrial complex. The aircraft carrier may
be an existing one or it may be a newly built
carrier. You may not place a new fighter on a
carrier owned by a friendly
Exception to normal fighter landing spaces
rules: Your fighter may also end its move in a
sea zone adjacent to an industrial complex you
own if you have purchased an aircraft carrier
that turn and will subsequently place that
carrier in the seazone where your fighter ends
its turn.
Regards,
Daniel Malus