Pat Flannery wrote:


Neil Gerace wrote:
I often think it'd be good for the RAAF to get something to replace
the F-111 with. The USA has nothing comparable, why not look elsewhere?


How about F-15E strike eagles?

looks up the F-15E
They sound good. I'll speak to the minister next week :-)


Expensive, but very capable and way superior to the F-111 in just about
every way.

Except ferry range, this is somehow important to us ..

If Australia can't foot the bill for those, that would leave either
Su-30s or Su-32s as the alternatives.
The Su-30 is reasonably enough priced that many smaller countries have
bought them, and has both interceptor and attack capabilities:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-30

again a good replacement, though what would I know :-)