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The problem is that an engine retrofit is probably out of the budget of most of the air forces involved. Interim fits have a tendency to become permanent and I'd expect in this case that any initial Avon fit would be the permanent fit.The only air force I can see actually going with the RB.106 Super Tiger would be the Italians; 1966 at the outside means an RB.106 Super Tiger slots in well into the space the F-104S fit into OTL, and that model included an uprated J79 engine with almost 2000 lbs more wet thrust than the -11A version initially equipping the F-104G.
The problem is that an engine retrofit is probably out of the budget of most of the air forces involved. Interim fits have a tendency to become permanent and I'd expect in this case that any initial Avon fit would be the permanent fit.
The only air force I can see actually going with the RB.106 Super Tiger would be the Italians; 1966 at the outside means an RB.106 Super Tiger slots in well into the space the F-104S fit into OTL, and that model included an uprated J79 engine with almost 2000 lbs more wet thrust than the -11A version initially equipping the F-104G.
