Was it an F-15E? I always thought it was going to be an F/A-18C? It's been that long now i can't remember.
They did an F/A-18A for Falcon 3 after the MiG-29 came out, but for F4 it was going to be the F-15E. I remember a bit of controversy over it since Jane's F-15 was contemporary and some people were claiming that was enough and they'd rather have plane X than the F-15E. Many people said A-10A for X, BTW, but then Jane's A-10 was announced and they quieted down--of course in the end that and the F-15E were both cancelled. I think there was some idle speculation about a Hornet after the F-15E, along with an A-10A, but it was never as solidly planned as the F-15E was. I've no idea how much work was done before the kill order came, but it was close enough that likely not too much.
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