Agree. The Mission Builder is a nice feature. It fun to test different scenarios.
I think because these games are turned based, and you control all ac on one side; one of the novel features is that you can test wingmen and even whole division tactics . Played this way the games clearly show the advantages of mutual wingmen support and how they outweighs the advantages of single fighters . Most simulations fail in this-AI Wingmen don't cut it. In most combat sims the player is the lone "Hero".