Another update:
https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=3550404&postcount=913
TL;DR:
- good looking textures
- no cat launch, but the current SFM (means: “OK flight model”) allows for rolling take-off from the carrier
- not-so subtle hint of a future EFM (DCS lingo for “very good flight model”) after initial release
- bug squashing is being done but isn’t done yet
- Video of two Skyhawks in Top Gun formation
- release in the “near future”
- release will be announced an estimated 2 months in advance, so at least 3 more months waiting