I've always been surprised a game hasn't been modeled on the Korean War and MiG Alley and all that. I always thought that would be cool. Bridges at Toko Ri kind of thing. Oh, well.
And I share some of your sentiments about DW. I like it well enough, and I've learned a heck of a lot about modern naval warfare after buying it. But it can be a snoozer, imo, thanks to the "fantasy" missions involved rather than using history as a model. History, that is, in the form of a war like WWII. I like the subs in DW okay enough, I guess, though they are uber powerful.
*Yawn* Yep, I'm waiting on SH4 too....