-grin- This ties in with an old idea of mine. At the time, only the F-14A was available and the conceit is that both the FAA and the Aeronavale acquired them (considering that the F-14 was, by spec, supposed to be able to use any carrier the F-4 could, I could see the French buying them, likely with an ill grace but buying them). Finding significant problems with the TF30, and not trusting the TF-306 derivative from SNECMA, they work on their own upgrade analogous to the F-14A+/F-14B with an Allison/RR/SNECMA team developing a "Spey 300" building on Allison's afterburning TF41 work and SNECMA's experience with TF30 derivatives and their work on the M53 engine. The resulting aircraft would be identifiable by exhaust nozzles similar to those on the Mirage 2000. The two countries could well go in on joint development of other systems and weapons upgrades. I still intend to do the prototype testbed in "Raspberry Ripple" with FAA markings on one side and Aeronavale markings on the other.