Was the F-14 or F-15 ever considered by the MOD for the Tornado ADV role?
Thelma,
They most certainly did, and the F-16 as well. To recollect correctly, there was a proposed by of Tornados by the US, or they would receive so many tooff set the cost of buying F-15s, the F-16 was discounted due to its stubby legs. I think the F-14 was just too pricey, but the F-15 was nearly acquired not in place of the ADV necessarily but as part of a mix Fighter Force. One idea,if I recall right, was to replace just the Lightnings with F-15s and they would have been based at Binbrook, but for the full SP see if you can get a copy of my book 'Fading Eagle' I covered that story quite well but my memory doesn't always serve quite as well as it used to.
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FB