Why can't combat aircraft be towed behind larger aircraft to distant mission sites so pilots are "fresher"?

Question

Why can't combat aircraft be towed behind larger aircraft to distant mission sites so pilots are "fresher"?

Answer 1

Highly impractical even if the "fresher" point is valid (which I don't believe it is).

Answer 2

Concept sounds okay here are two glitches that I can think of off the bat:

1.) Being towed means that you are in close proximity to another aircraft.  That's when the accident rates really accelerate.

2.) The wind vortexes behind aircraft (especially large A/C) do not lead to stable flight conditions for the aircraft FOLLOWING in trail.

Reality is that this could cause more problems than it would solve.

Answer 3

I wonder what you would tow a B-52 with.  

Answer 4

This was done with gliders in World War II, but fell out of practice when combat aircraft became capable of being refueled in mid-air.

Answer 5

I think we already figured this one out when we started making aircraft carriers.