Just linking the newsletter stuff here:
Release date confirmed!
I am still in England then but will be all over this jet the weekend after release!
I am very happy that Super 530F will be implemented on the CE. The R.530 that we have seen until now is not manoeuverable and barely has longer range than the Sidewinder: it’s more of a big explosive thing to kill bombers a bit faster at high altitude than a medium-range weapon against fighters.
On the DCS forums there was speculation that the Super 530F might not come at all or only on the EE and M versions.
The CE is the pure simple air-to-air version and tha ability to fire the Super 530F (which it had in French service) massively extends the usability of this jet. Should be much closer to the Phantom with AIM-7F or an early Tomcat that ran out of Phoenixes now.
Also glad the aerial refuelling will be the first feature on the EE.
I hope they don’t code themselves into a corner by adding multicrew so late but they probably know what they are doing.