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General Characteristics
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| Primary Function: |
Cargo and troop transport |
| Prime Contractor: |
Boeing Company |
| Power Plant: |
4 Pratt & Whitney F117-PW-100 turbofan engines |
| Thrust: |
40,440 pounds, each engine |
| Speed: |
450 knots at 28,000 feet
(8,534 meters) (Mach .74) |
| Service Ceiling: |
45,000 feet at cruising speed
(13,716 meters) |
| Range: |
Global with in-flight refueling |
| Crew: |
3 (2 pilots; 1 loadmaster) |
Maximum Peacetime
Takeoff Weight: |
585,000 pounds (265,352 kilograms) |
| Load: |
- 102 troops/paratroops; 48 litter and 54 ambulatory patients and attendants;
- 170,900 pounds (77,519 kilograms) of cargo (18 pallet positions) |
| Unit Cost Development: |
$237 million (2007)
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