The F3 has been a reasonable platform for what it was designed to do: intercept things and find out what they are at range, carrying enough weapons and fuel to stay on task doing that job for a long time. We all know its limitations, but some of its successes are Link 16 (one of the first platforms in the World), ASRAAM, its RWR, and straight line speed. It can still do what it was designed to do (hold Q), whilst Typhoon continues to run up to speed and build pilot numbers.
It probably doesn't need to be as tactically swept up as it used to be apart from 2 things: morale of the force (that includes everyone working on the jet, not just aircrew), and provision of personnel to the Typhoon fleet (again, that includes more than just pilots).
And for the record, it was allowed to go into Iraq and had capabilities which even the "amazing" F-jets lacked.