Mig-21 Lancer alternatives

In the ’90s, in order to have a more up to date fleet of fighters, the Romanians started the Lancer program, to upgrade the existing Mig-21 fleet to modern standards. This involved the conversion of old Migs, with two primary operational configurations, the Lancer A, for ground attack, being fitted with the Elta EL/M-2001 ranging radar, and the Lancer C, for air defence, being fitted with the Elta EL/M-2032 advanced radar. To supplement these, the Mig-21U trainers were converted to Lancer B standard.

The conversions have been very successful, and Romania now has very good fighters, at a very low price. My question is this: what else could Romania have done, instead of the Mig conversion. My proposals:

Mirage F-1s, modified to a Lancer spec, being fitted with EL/M-2032 radars
F-16A/Bs – modified to either F-16AM MLU or Lancer type spec

Any other suggestions? This is just for fun, so no suggestions should be attacked, just keep it sensible, or within a few degrees of sensible…