The F/A-18B is the two-seat combat trainer version of the F/A-18A. Two full-scale development two-seaters (BuNos 160781 and 160784) were followed by 39 production F/A-18Bs in Blocks 4 to 21. Initially designated TF/A-18As, they were essentially intended as trainers, but retained full combat capability. To make room for the second seat, internal fuel capacity was reduced by about 6 percent.
Serials of F/A-18B:
160781 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B-2-MC Hornet
160781 to NASA as 845 in July 1986
160784 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B-3-MC Hornet
161217 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B-4-MC Hornet
161249 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B-4-MC Hornet
161354/161357 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B-5-MC Hornet
161360 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B-6-MC Hornet
161704 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B-8-MC Hornet
161707 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B-8-MC Hornet
161711 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B-8-MC Hornet
161714 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B-8-MC Hornet
161719 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B-9-MC Hornet
161723 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B-9-MC Hornet
161727 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B-9-MC Hornet
161733 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B-9-MC Hornet
161740 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B-10-MC Hornet
161746 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B-10-MC Hornet
161924 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B-10-MC Hornet
161932 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B-11-MC Hornet
161938 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B-11-MC Hornet
161943 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B-11-MC Hornet
161947 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B-12-MC Hornet
162402 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B-14-MC Hornet
162408 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B-14-MC Hornet
162413 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B-14-MC Hornet
162419 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B-15-MC Hornet
162427 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B-15-MC Hornet
162836 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B-17-MC Hornet
162842 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B-17-MC Hornet
162850 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B-17-MC Hornet
162857 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B-18-MC Hornet
162864 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B-18-MC Hornet
162870 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B-18-MC Hornet
162876 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B-18-MC Hornet
162885 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B-19-MC Hornet
163104 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B-20-MC Hornet
163110 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B-20-MC Hornet
163115 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B-20-MC Hornet
163123 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B-21-MC Hornet
Sources:
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Hornet, Robert F. Dorr, World Air Power Journal, Spring 1990, p. 38.
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McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Since 1920: Volume II, Rene J. Francillon,
Naval Institute Press, 1990.
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The American Fighter, Enzo Angelucci and Peter Bowers, Orion, 1987.
- F/A-18 Hornet, Lindsay Peacock, Osprey Combat Aircraft Series, Osprey, 1986.
