I still think the RAF would have done well with such a beast. A's in the 80s, turning to Block 25/30 Cs in the 90s, and Block 50/60s by the noughties. We could have gained over 30 years experience of operating them by now.
Agreed. Either that or an all F15E force, imagine the number of F15E squadrons we could have had flying by now, instead of bankrupting ourselves for 3 Typhoon squadrons. Still, at least BAE has dutifully provided us with an aircraft that is fully air-ground capable and has all of its problems ironed out at no extra expense,
sake.