Specifications |
Primary Function | Advanced trainer for airlift and tanker pilots |
Builder | Raytheon Corp. |
Power Plant | Two Pratt and Whitney JT15D-5 turbofan engines |
Thrust | 2,900 pounds each engine |
Length | 48 feet, 5 inches (14.75 meters) |
Height | 13 feet, 11 inches (4.24 meters) |
Wingspan | 43 feet, 6 inches (13.25 meters) |
Speed | 538 miles per hour (Mach .73) |
Ceiling | 41,000 feet (12,500 meters) |
Maximum Takeoff Weight | 16,100 pounds (7,303 kilograms) |
Range | More than 2,100 nautical miles |
Armament | None |
Crew | Three (pilot, co-pilot, instructor pilot) and observer |
Date Deployed | February 1992 |
Unit Cost | $4.1 million |
Inventory | Active force 180 [by end of 1997); ANG, 0; Reserve, 0 |