[8FS_Bulau]

The one way it differs from a true coop is that you can't select a seat in any of those aircraft with a course laid out with waypoints in the mission. Those aircraft are only for AI, including any gunner seats they might have. Your only way into the mission is by spawning at a Home Base, as in any dogfight mission, so you must place a Home Base with a selection of aircraft.

But in the other respects you specifically mentioned, yes, it is the same.