I got the impression that the flyers would be attacking the ship while Stark jammed the signal coming from the ship not out in space. He just needs the second team of fliers to cover him while most of his concentration and energy will be focused on jamming the signal, but that is still just supposed to be part of the distraction to cover the infiltrations teams.<br/><br/>I know it wasn't stated specifically but my thought on Carol carrying Ares was to deposit him on or near the ship so he can attack it with the rest of the assault team. Fliers are needed because the ship is airborne and would be very difficult to assault from the ground.