Reflected details DCS campaign plans for 2026

January 2, 2026

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We’ve got a new start of year video coming in from Reflected Simulations. This one is talking about some of the single player campaign concepts that he’s working on for this year and it gives us a sense of both where he’d like to be and what assets he’s waiting on to be able to deliver some of these concepts. Let’s check out what might be coming up!

Concepts for 2026

One of DCS World’s most prolific campaign makers, Reflected Simulations campaigns cover a wide variety of modules and time periods which means there’s usually something for everyone. With Wolfpack 2 and Red Flag 81-2 campaigns out in 2025, Reflected is turning to new ideas for 2026. The video proposes some concepts that are either in production or awaiting assets so its not a concrete roadmap but rather one based on what he hopes to be able to put together with upcoming assets.

One of the campaigns (and this sounds really cool) is a documentary style campaign with narratives by real Tomcat pilots and missions centred around 12 of the most famous missions flown by the jet. Reflected is currently waiting on the F-14A-95GR to get a proper Iranian Tomcat and ideally the updated F-14BU model to cover the range of experiences. We’ll have to wait for some of those assets to come before this one finishes up.

Another campaign waiting on assets is Angels of Okinawa. A campaign based on the DCS: F4U-1D and centered around the battle for Okinawa. The campaign has been worked on but is using placeholder assets for just about everything so that one will just have to wait until the Pacific assets come.

In the meantime, a DCS: Bf109K-4 campaign called “The Last Stand” using the Cold War Germany map, and featuring a fictional last month of the war setup where you’ll fight western and eastern Allies (needing the DCS: La-7 for that one) is being worked on. Reflected is unsure here and may also use the Balkans map to make a fictional Hungarian Bf109 campaign too.

Eagles Rising is going to be a DCS: P-47 campaign. A prequel to Debden Eagles, it will have to use the bubble-top P-47D-25 that the sim has rather than a Razorback model historically. It will use historical documentation to recreate missions flown by the 4th Fighter Group.

5 responses to “Reflected details DCS campaign plans for 2026”

Dimitri

January 3, 2026 at 9:34 am

I never understood why there are so many training and Red Flag campaigns for DCS. Do people really find this more fun than real combat scenarios or even fictional ones?

not being negative, genuinely asking.

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1. RJL
  
  January 3, 2026 at 4:04 pm
  
  In the CW/modern era, combat was rare and training was common. Training represented perhaps the most significant part of the typical (at least NATO) fighter pilot’s experience. So these campaigns enhance the “cosplay” for many of us.
  
  Most of us have little or no real world stick time, much less formal fighter training, and sense that we are not employing the jet historically because of this. So we’re hoping to learn more through these training campaigns, which (if sufficiently detailed and faithful to the documentation) embody cockpit know-how that is hard to get elsewhere. This also enhances the cosplay.
  
  Red Flag and similar exercises represent more than just flying tutorials. They were structured combat testing laboratories, repeated on a regular basis over a period of fifty years, and experienced by a large enough group of people to allow for pretty good historical documentation. For people interested in bad-eyesight bookish stuff like doctrine, force structure, and changing roles/missions (i.e., things outside the boundaries of the DCS cockpit simulation), experiencing it adds insight and, yes, enhances the cosplay.
  
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2. Urgent Siesta
  
  January 3, 2026 at 4:12 pm
  
  Training Campaigns are absolutely some of the best experiences in DCSW, YES!! 😁
  
  Remember: they’re not training you what buttons to push in the cockpit, they’re training you how to iperste the aircraft – properly – in combat.
  
  this is exactly the same approach as IRL Air Force’s use, and it’s been proven to vastly lower casualties and increase combat success.
  
  Reflected and Bunyap and others have painstakingly re-created Red Flag, et al, so that we can gain just a taste of what IRL military aviation is really like.
  
  so much better than jumping in a jet and pretending that multiplayer is where it’s at.
  
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Greg

January 3, 2026 at 4:54 pm

Yes. Early on, I was skeptical about the enjoyment of training style campaigns. However, after playing some quality bundled and commercial training campaigns from Baltic Dragon, I realized just how immersive and enjoyable they can be. (Bundled = shipped with aircraft.)

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Urgent Siesta

January 3, 2026 at 5:10 pm

Always good to have more Reflected campaigns in the pipeline, and to know what they will be!

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