If Japan can get F-16 due to a poster, can Germany get F-16 or F-15 through this method? Didn’t they try to replace their F-4 at late 80s?
Germany already has F-16 equivalent aircraft: Mig-29 9.12 and Mig-29G.
If you’re looking for CAS, you’re on Tornado until Typhoon so far.
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Germany was on the Tornado ADV track to replace the Phantoms
since that became mediocre they very quickly changed plans to a sort of emergency refit for the Phantoms
there was no plan to buy F-15/16/18 even tho WTD-61 Test flew F-15A and F/A-18As in the US just after they entered production
F4F-ICE was a Stopgap solution and with the introduction of the MiG-29 they deemed it unnecessary to spend money on a new fighter while the next multinational interceptor, the Eurofighter, was already being worked on