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As i read your description of your fighters, I couldn't help but notice the difference between ears, while my 'verse is still in 2249 (first book) your is even farther into the future.
Artificial gravity is handled by an artificial (man made) particle called a graviton that exerts a large warping effect on space time around it. Though it's not strong enough to slow time unless you get a large concentration of them(think the size of the moon) The early ships don't have gravity, the crew just floats around. Smaller versions are mounted in the backpacks of many "tech armor" units they use to fly and
Genetic modification has also eliminated cancer and many other genetic deformities. Lost limbs can be easily replaced by a cybernetic one, that generally can be covered in a false skin. The XO on board the Challenger has a cyber eye but you'll never know it by looking at him.

3,000,000 guns huh?.... wow, was the ship designer compensating for anything....? I joke.

Weight is generally solved by graviton generators or should i say, anti-gravitons. The pilots are more then able to compensate for inertia. One of the main reasons my 'verse dropped bombers was that human bombers followed logical air designs rather then good space design, the bombers were subsequently obliterated by enemy fighters. Though the fighters handled themselves well enough it was the skill of the pilots that won the war. (sorta won it anyway) They may return later but the current ships are light, fast and hit hard.
The current fighter design: the F-35 Raptor Switchblade can eliminate enemy cruisers with little difficulty and obliterate small cities. Thus bombers aren't needed as a bomb about the size of a modern JADAM bomb can do so much damage. Also, for those who simply must kill 'em all there's the Mrk 1 fusion device. Only one was ever used, (and honestly it shouldn't have been) It was set off in 2241 on The Enconti homeworld..... We'll let you know when the fusion reaction finally cools down and stops. Humanity and it's allies really didn't have many races willing to mess with them after that....

I find that separating fighter groups into wings are a necesity when dealing with sentient pilots. As social creatures they work better together if they're familiar with their fellows abilities and limitations. It turns into a dynamic of trust and brotherhood.

The latest XN generation of starships can handle atmospheric reentry no problem. Only two ships land on the land, the rest splashdown in the nearest large lake or river, ocean, ect. Leaving the planet is a simple matter of using the grav gens to make the ship lighter and then max burning the main drives straight up.