Observation 1: Previous screenies were taken in the object viewer, some of these appear to be in-game and show high cloud and low calibre damage decals. They also show a pretty bland landscape (WIP?).
Observation 2: Next Friday is June 29th. If June is the deadline for 'the announcement', it's next week. But of course the patch is completely unconnected with the announcement so the current beta patch is what we're stuck with for now.
Except for me. I've gone back to the pre-patch version which currently means I can only fly the sim offline. But at least offline the RAF planes fly ok.
