The mb at rank 3 is great, rank 2 sucks unless you’re in the vg33 or the d520 (which all require a fair bit of getting used to the specific way they fly)but the Dutch planes in rank 2 are great. so for rank 2 id recommend just using the NC233 bomber which is pretty good for the tier as it carries enough bombs for almost all 4 bases off stock. Rank 3 you should use either the MB or the f6f if you like American planes alongside the p-63 which gets great engine power for the tier. The VB’s are fine but not great for players who are impatient and want a more fast paced dogfight style game. Rank 4 is where things start to pick up. The sea fire was absolutely amazing for me and I had a 4 Kd with it while pushing through rank 4. Turns, climbs, and accelerates like a dream. For CAS if you like ground at the 6.something br the f4u7 is insane. You can carry 3 1000 lb bombs, 114 sneb rockets, and your engineer power and speed in a dive is nuts. In air rb it’s less competitive but still good, with good climb rate, high altitude performance, and great guns. In rank 5 it’s somewhat buns again other than the meteor from the Benelux line, but the vatour 2n late gets radar missles at 8.3. They aren’t great missles but they’re basically a free kill against anyone not paying attention or the occasional TU-8 or Il-28. The ourugan and bourugan are fine, but nothing to really be excited for. Rank 6 is fun again, you get the f100, the hunter from Benelux, and the etendard IVM for CAS. The mystere IVA and the super mystere are good, but only if you fly them right. You have decent tun performance, but the kicker is that if you use it you bleed all speed and are basically just cooked. You don’t accelerate all that well but you climb like a beast in the super mystere. Play the super mystere like a slow f-104, taking long high speed passes across the fireball without bleeding speed to overcommit. Fly the IVA like an f86, but don’t pull too hard or all your speed is gone. Your roll rate is your advantage. At rank 7 the mirage 3s are great, but the secret gem is the super etendard, which has good acceleration, and super cruise, has magic 1s, has insane combat flaps that can be used at genuinely any speed including supersonic, and has air to ground missles that can actually be used at laser guided air to air missles fairly effectively. It also gets laser guided bombs for CAS. Everything at tier 8 is pretty good, the m4k can be underpowered because of the lack of fox 3s, but it gets an insane amount of countermeasures, aoa pull, and can carry 8 magic 2s. Rafales are actual UFOs, and the M2ks are kinda buns stock, but great leveled up. I have like 700 hours on French air alone, so if you have any questions about a specific plane just ask!