All - I know a LOT of ex-FA'er's really want to use some of the missions to hone their skills before they venture online.
FA used to have several canned offline missions where you could practice against 5 semi-aggressive fighters, or bombing, or making torpedo run, etc. Very easy to set up and use. You could pick your plane or your enemies plane, and the 'aggressiveness' of the AI pilots, though they were still pretty dumb.
Also, if you could post a 'How To' sticky at the top of this forum that would be a great help too.
I know I use Rune's Rumble all the time to practice quite a bit. Just wish there was a really easy way to pick the plane I flew.
Cheese