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A lamp for the hook, and a door back to the keys 2d51c42

FEATURECONTROLS Hornet cockpit in the merge with the new HOOK annunciator lit amber in the left-hand button stack

Two small fittings, both requested from the cockpit:

  1. HOOK annunciator. The F/A-18 and the F-14 gain a fourth lamp in the left-hand stack — HOOK, amber when the tailhook is down, dim when stowed. On the ball you want to see it lit without thinking; USAF kit (F-16, F-15, A-10) keeps the honest three-button stack it always had.
  2. KEYS / CONTROLS on the pause card. The pause menu now carries a straight route to the flight manual: PAUSED → KEYS / CONTROLS, read what you need, close it, and you land right back on the PAUSED card — no fumbling for the ? key with cold hands.