The flight officer, seated in the aft cockpit, is provided with two stationary hand controls (one on each side of the seat) for weapons systems operation. Here the moving map display is positioned higher. The F/A-18D is configured for the night attack role with FLIR, TINS, raster HUD and instrumentation and cockpit arrangements (such as an aft cockpit storage case) modified for use with Anvis-6 NVGs. The primary user of the night attack Hornet-D is the Marine Corps. All told, 96 examples were ordered for all-weather attack units previously operating the A-6E Intruder, plus one ex-Phantom reconnaissance unit.
