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Cost-effective solution to use the A4's? I doubt so. They are meant more for the naval air force, hence their short wings and the materials used in manufacturing aircraft in marine environment. Not really suitable for a land force. The A4s are about 50 years old, time to retire them before they start to fall from the skies one by one. Our pilots' lives are precious,
There really isn't a lot of cheap options out there to operate a fixed wing aircraft and ready spares.
USA - F-14(decomm)/F/A-18 (expensive)/F-35C (yeah right)/Harrier (funny they didn't consider this one)
France - Rafale M/Super Etendard (funny they didn't consider Super Etendard)
UK - Sea Harrier (funny they didn't consider this one)
Russia - MIG-29K/SU-33 (cheap but always a logistics and maintenance nightmare)
I supposed US of A has a lot of spares lying in the Mojave desert for the Brazillians