Go F18. I was a civilan (P3dv4) Airbus guy till the F/A 18 hit the store. Now I am in the process of mastering it, (I finally managed to complete an A/A refueling last week, that was really fullfilling). I am going step by step, slowly enjoying it. With the experience you have you can manage pretty well basic tasks as startup, takeoff, fly, landing (here you should apply very well the thrust to climb/descend rule as as the landing is AOA based both on ground/carrier, but there are pretty good tutorials out there). Go for it, I had no regrets, it's beautiful and fun.