Pat Flannery wrote:

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: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?
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:How about F-15E strike eagles?
:Expensive, but very capable and way superior to the F-111 in just about
:every way.
: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
:

You missed one (which is apparently what they're actually using to
replace them); F/A-18E/F.

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