Land-based aircraft on carriers is my secret fetish.
If I had a DCS squadron, it would consist of cosplaying naval ‘what-if’s that could have been, like the Sea Eagle, Vought 1600 (F-16N), Navalized F-5 Tigers, etc. I bet if the editor would allow you too, and you could LUA hack a launch bar, players could probably get good at carrier ops with those.
I think an A-10 could fill a role there… hmmmmm
Like this:
Or this?
ETA: sorry, huuuge necropost.