Specifications |
Primary Function | Intratheater airlift. |
Contractor | Lockheed Aeronautical Systems Company. |
Power Plant | Four Allison T56-A-15 turboprops; 4,300 horsepower, each engine. |
Length | 97 feet, 9 inches (29.3 meters). |
Height | 38 feet, 3 inches (11.4 meters). |
Wingspan | 132 feet, 7 inches (39.7 meters). |
Speed | 374 mph (Mach 0.57) at 20,000 feet (6,060 meters). |
Ceiling | 33,000 feet (10,000 meters) with 100,000 pounds (45,000 kilograms) payload. |
Maximum Takeoff Weight | 155,000 pounds (69,750 kilograms). |
Operating Weight: | 83,000 Pounds |
Maximum Useable Fuel: | 60,000 Pounds |
Maximum Allowable Cabin Load: | 36,000 Pounds |
Normal Passenger Seats Available: | Up to 92 troops or 64 paratroops or 74 litter patients. |
Maximum Number of Pallets: | 5 |
Range | 2,356 miles (2,049 nautical miles) with maximum payload;
2,500 miles (2,174 nautical miles) with 25,000 pounds (11,250 kilograms) cargo;
5,200 miles (4,522 nautical miles) with no cargo. |
Unit Cost | $22.9 million (1992 dollars). |
Crew | Five (two pilots, a navigator, flight engineer and loadmaster); up to 92 troops or 64 paratroops or 74 litter patients or five standard freight pallets. |
Minimum Crew Complement | Four
(two pilots, one flight engineer, and one loadmaster)
Allows for a 16 hour crew duty day (12 hour for airdrop crews) (from show at the aircraft to parking at the final destination). |
Crew Complement
[airdrop missions] | Six
crews will normally carry one navigator as well and an extra loadmaster in addition to the minimum crew complement. |
Augmented Crew Complement | Nine
(three pilots, two navigators, two flight engineers, and two loadmasters)
Allows for a 18 hour crew duty day (from show at the aircraft to parking at the final destination) |
Date Deployed | April 1955. |
Inventory | Active force, 98; ANG, 20 Bs, 60 E's and 93 H's; Reserve, 606. |