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Specifications

Primary Function Long-range troop and cargo airlift.
Contractor Lockheed-Georgia Co.
Power Plant Four Pratt & Whitney TF33-P-7 turbofan engines.
Thrust 20,250 pounds (9,112.5 kilograms), each engine.
Length 168 feet, 4 inches (51 meters).
Height 39 feet, 3 inches (11.9 meters).
Wingspan 160 feet (48.5 meters).
Speed 500 mph (Mach 0.66).
Ceiling 41,000 feet (12,424 meters).
Maximum Takeoff Weight

323,100 pounds (145,395 kilograms).

Range 2,500 miles (2,174 nautical miles).
Unit Cost $8.1 million (1992 dollars).
Crew Six (pilot, co-pilot, two loadmasters, and two flight engineers).
Date Deployed C-141A: May 1964; C-141B: December 1979.
Inventory Active force, 241; ANG, 16; Reserve, 12.
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