wrote:
I wonder what is "souped-up version of Super Hornet";-) I thought there
was no greater improvement over early F/A-18E/Fs than AESA-equipped
planes, or EA-18G Growler?

Jacek

This is about the AESA.

http://www.raytheon.com/feature/static/node4262.html
At a special ceremony on January 12, Raytheon Company celebrated the
delivery of its first APG-79 active electronically scanned array (AESA)
radar.

The Super Hornets have been flying in the war zone without the advanced
radars, but mostly as tankers. ;-)

-HJC