It appears someone has taken my advice.
Back in June I posted  a very similar solution and suggested the new Super Hornets should be of the "Growler" Type with conformal auxiliary fuel tanks.This would enable them to enhance the range of the existing CF18's and also help then in hostile electronic and Sam situations conditions.They could also be used as pure fighter aircraft and do the samething for new build fighters replacing the current CF18's .As to the new aircraft we should consider the Eurofighter,Rafale, Grippen,and possibly the F22 if the  US decides to put it back in production.One other possibility is the stealth version of the F15 if that aircraft gets a US production order.We definitely dont want or need any F35's ,they are a  strike aircraft with high wing loading and a horrific and long  history of development problems and a strong potential of becoming a hangar queen.My favourite is the Eurofighter,it is an agile multirole fast and with the Meteor missile lethal.



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