Yes and no, they generally have some very unique modifications, especially their “westernized” Soviet aircraft.
Personally I’m also really interested in the F/A-18D, for two reasons. One it’s a twin seat aircraft only because Malaysia hasn’t bought any sigle seaters and we don’t get nearly enough of those, but also because it shares a tree with Thailand.
The eight Thai F/A-18 (BKh20) all started construction and nearly a quarter of the deal was paid, but since the financial crisis in 1997 made completing the deal impossible they (four Cs and four Ds) were all completed as D models and put into USMC service instead. So the Malaysian Hornet with a semi-historical marketplace camo is a great way to get a callback to what could’ve been.
they should give Japan the F-15SG,Su-30MKM and Indonesian Rafale at the same time just to annoy everybody. Figure out a way to throw a Eurofighter in there as well and its perfect.