Questions about AI wingmen

[m0rl0ck]

How agressive are they? Will they attack without specific order?

I just flew the airfield attack BF-109 mission with three ai wingmen and there was a notice of a hostile sighted, which i didnt pay much attention to as i was busy navigating and my three ai wingmen did nothing while a p51 shot me down.

Do i have to specifically order them to cover me or to attack hostile targets, is there some way to set their aggression level?

Just bought the bf109 after DCS being on my computer for like a year, ignored. Having a blast with the 109 though, looking forward to more WW2 planes. Would love to see the 109 F4, 109 G6 and the F6F and zero on the Marianas map.

[Exorcet]

The AI generally won't act unless order to, or they feel they are in imminent danger. As far as giving orders, the most common are telling them to attack at will, to cover you, or to follow mission objectives. The latter sounds nice but is kind of finicky because sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.