Red Flag is more to hone the skills, than to present something real.
There you go to given and well known area to find a threat at a given time, which is trained in a similar way most of the time too.

RED FLAG is designed to be more complex and difficult than a perceived warfighting environment. The thought process is that if the pilots can learn from their mistakes and master the exercise, then actual combat operations will be that much easier to undertake.

All you need to do is go back to a FOBS and have the warhead approach the USA from the southeast.

If anyone remembers me talking about coming up with a detailed history and description of the S-300P variants and systems, it’s nearly done. It’ll be available on my blog in the next couple of days. I’m done with the development history and am tackling the descriptions of all of the associated components as well as the deployment arrangement and hierarchy right now.

Actually 4 R-77 have been put on Su-27 underneath so on the Su-35BM 4 R-77 underbeath, and 4 under the wings is capable scince it’s capable wityh the Su-27, thats 12 R-77’s

I just noticed that that’s what the diagram star49 posted is showing, four R-77s under the fueselage. But are they on separate hardpoints or on dual rails? If they’re on dual rails then there are not 14 hardpoints…

Any images of four R-77s underneath an Su-27?

The IAF contingent with its aircraft are scheduled to depart from Pune on 07 Jul 08 and transit via Doha (Qatar), Chorlu (Turkey), Mont de Marsan (France) and Lages (Portugal) before reaching land main USA and Mountain Home airbase on 17 Jul 08.

Any idea where they stop in the USA en-route to Mountain Home AFB?

The Su-30MKI doesn’t have the same radar and systems the Su-34 has for example, which are not for export to anyone just yet.

The Su-34 is marketed as the Su-32FN for export. Whether or not it uses the Leninets radar set is another question.

The book is by Mikhail Pervov, titled “Zenitnoe Raketnoe Oruzhie Protivovozdushnoi Oborony Strany”, roughly translated as SAMs of the PVO.

The ISBN is 5-901453-01-8

You can find it on the web but will likely have to spend at least $150 for a copy. It’s a fantastic reference work, with the bulk of the text being composed of interviews with the key figures involved in each weapon system’s development. Be warned that it is completely in Russian!