Plus it just looks cool to the Japanese anyways. If you've ever seen Red Dwarf the Japanese version, versus the Brit version, you'll see during the startup. Anyways, the Fullback is inherently more capable than the SH anyways, which would make it weird if the RAAF actally went ahead with it. Plus think about it, RAAF Su-34s wasting Malay Su-30MKMs or vice versa in a showdown. It's only a matter of time cats and dogs live together in eternal harmony as well On a serious note... it'd cost more for reintegrating weapons systems (and the Russians would LOVE it) and implementation than purchasing 24 SHs and integrating newer weaponry. Besides as PigDriver mentioned, it's saving money on training to a degree for pilots that have some familiarity for a type. Besides I'd fly the Apache before I think about the Werewolf, it just looks more vicious..