This the F/A-18E Super Hornet, the aircraft that truly replaced the F-14 Tomcat.

Premise:
After the recent departure of EngineerOtaku from the SimplePlanes community, I would try to reupload some of his creations with new updates, like cockpits and other modifications to honor him and his contributions to this community. Yet, this design is an exception to those reuploads.

This design is my own interpretation of F/A-18E Super Hornet, just an F/A-18 Hornet going to the gym for six months. Using EngineerOtaku's F/A-18A Hornet (which was recently deleted) as the base of this very different design, this took a lot of work because of how different it is to the original Hornet. I worked on enhancing its capabilities (as well as its size) and and gave it some of the best possible solutions to make it work.

Features Includes:
1. My very own and newly updated AIM-120C AMRAAMs and AIM-9X Sidewinders.
2. Low visual paint scheme, US Navy aircraft markings and roundels.
3. A hydraulic piston for raising the main cockpit view when the landing gears are down, which also folds up the catapult launch bar.
4. A Catapult connection bar for accurate carrier take-offs aboard USS Beast.
5. My very own cockpit design (not as accurate as it seems).
6. Formation Lights.
7. A new somewhat good looking air brake at the tail and the rudder also has an aerodynamic deflection feature.
8. New fly-by-wire system derived from the F-22A Raptor, but no thrust vectoring.

Main Controls and Activation Groups:
A & D = Ailerons
W & S = Elevators
Q & E = Rudder
AG1 = Arrestor Hook
AG2 = Folding Wings
AG3 = Flaps Down
AG4 = Air Brake
AG5 = Jettison Fuel Tanks
AG6 = Drop Those Tax Payer Funded Weapons System
AG7 = Retract The Catapult Launch Bar
AG8 = Master Arm and Activate AOA Limiter
VTOL = Flaps
Trim = For Trim Controls
Landing Gear = Gears and Cockpit Raiser
Brake = Aerodynamic Deflection Rudders

Note:
1. The design itself is not very accurate to the actual design because of the intakes and overall design being larger than its predecessor. (My apologies if the design is a bit weird.)
2. The catapult launch bar must be pulled up by activating AG7 during take off and landing on airport/airfields.

Link to the F/A-18E Super Hornet in VF-103 Jolly Rogers paint scheme: https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/12uF9Q/Boeing-FA-18E-Super-Hornet-VFA-103