v1.44 fighter / carrier supplies?

I recently updated to v1.44, and in my new game I find that my carriers loose all their supplies to their fighters during combat... so the next turn they can't move. (I can unload fighters, transfer supplies, and reload fighters to get some supplies back, but there seems to be a huge net loss.)

Is that new? I poked through the changelogs (1.45 - 1.54) and didn't see anything about it.

I also still have problems attacking planets with rings - the fighters get so much altitude avoiding the planet that it is out of weapons range... I wind up having to tactically control the combat and sweep fighters back and forth over the planet.

Happy Hunting,
TJ