Coop?
 

I think COOP missions over xbox live would be the bomb

coop is a mode that most new games adopt and its great fun. especially if you just have a couple of mates on, want to try some fun missions against AI and not incur the wrath of some online ace

plus manning an IL2 or IL10 with your mate on gunner would be class

I was hoping all along that it'd have co-op modes, but I guess it was something they ruled out in the end :(

Il2 always had a co-op mode, it was different from DF as it ran as a mission with 1 life only and you could fight with and against other human players as well as have AI and scripted events. You could also run campaigns that way (great for squadrons). I hope BOP has something similar if not the same.