Just a teaser post to show some progress

It has a thrust to weight of 0.978 (to be 1.05 with afterburner) and can supercruise at mach 1.46. Although it might be subject to change when I add the afterburner and tune it a bit.

Handles beautifully right now and flaps actually give it more lift when down. Low speed performance is great right now and is capable of silky smooth landings with relative ease.

To give it realistic weapons (AIM-9X and AIM-120C and let me know of a air to ground missile that a modern western fighter would have) and a refuel probe.

A lot to do with this one but everything is coming along smoothly except for one problem:
The left wheel clips into the USS beast's deck. How do I solve that?

Some stats

The current part count is 405 and the part performance is about 1700.

Wingloading is 90.4lbs/ft2 (441.2kg/m2)
Wing area is 534.2ft2 (49.6m2)
Loaded weight is 48,268lbs (21,894kg)
Stall speed is 180mph but with the flaps it goes down to 160-165mph. Note: This was found out through take-off.