I was lucky enough to fly a few hours of DCS F-16:Viper in VR in a LAN environment with an ex-fighterpilot who has over 1500 hours in the F-16.
The session involved:
Formation takeoff, BFM (with ext wing tanks), CCIP MK-82 attack, BVR vs 2 AI Su-27 and SEAD.
After this session he was extremely impressed with the fidelity of the sim, how realistic the aircraft performed, how accurate everything was etc. "It's just like sitting in the real thing, everything is familiar". Essentially he couldn't really understand that such a product was made available to the general public, due to the sheer accuracy of the jet. Briefly after stating that, he noted that, technically speaking it's the tactics and strategies that are sensitive information, and DCS does not offer that by default.
Sure enough, he asked me how he could get DCS for himself at home :thumbup: