SharkWizard

Would be so nice indeed to have that skin in DCS. I remember having that pic you posted as a wallpaper on my computer for a long time couple of decades ago.

I did find a gettyimage photo labelled as a "sukhoi-su-33-fighter-aircraft-on-a-mission-to-carry-out-news-photo" with R-77s. However its most probably an Su-35 in Syria since it doesn't have canards and has a long tail. Unless its very simple and cheap to configure the Su-33 to carry R-77s (as in just new launch shoes and make the weapons control system treat it like R-27T? maybe?) I don't think the Russian navy is going to modify their Su-33s to do so because they have just gotten a bunch of brand new MiG-29Ks which have them while their Sea-Flankers are a bunch 30 year old airframes. But thats just my opinion. Maybe I'm wrong.

Thank you guys for the comments. I just noticed that my quote from the book wasn't quite "information complete" and really should start at pg 291 (292 is full of pictures)

I recently read the following passage in the book Famous Russian Aircraft Mikoyan MiG-29 by Yefim Gordon (page 293) Does anyone here know the veracity of this claim or if it is modelled in DCS at all? Or any other possible details regarding this. So far I've not been able to find any further material online on this matter.