And currently no country has any plans to buy the unwanted Super Hornet, though it would be an ideal replacement for Canada and Switzerland which operate the legacy Hornet.
Canada bought 138 Hornets, designed as a replacement for the Awesome and still flying F4-Phantoms. The US Navy acquired the Hornets to replace the Phantoms. The F4 Phantom was and still is an awesome flying machine, with one Japanese expert (In Japan they have many F-1, F-2 and F-4 aircraft) relating to me of the next great design after the F-4 being ditched for the F/A18.
As always in the West we seem to be slipping in performance while going for intelligence and technology. With September 11th I think the terrorist proved technology alone is no saviour. Someone wake up.
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) liked the Phantoms so much they wanted them, when they were on-loan to Australia in 1970-1973 due to problems with the F111s. Many F-4s still fly today. Japan, Israel, Greece and Germany are current operators. The USAF continues to operate QF-4s as target drones (what a waste!).
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