Specifications
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| Primary Function | Cargo and troop transport
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| Prime Contractor | Boeing [McDonnell Douglas Corp.]
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| Power Plant Manufacturer | Four Pratt & Whitney F117-PW- 100 turbofan engines
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| Thrust (each engine) | 40,900 pounds
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| Wingspan | 170 feet 9 inches (to winglet tips) (51.81 meters)
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| Length | 173 feet 11 inches (53.04 meters)
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| Height | 55 feet 1 inch (16.79 meters)
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| Cargo Compartment | Length - 85 feet 2 inches (26 meters);
width - 18 feet (5.48 meters);
height - 12 feet 4 inches (3.76 meters) forward of the wing
and 13 feet 6 inches (4.11 meters) aft of the wing
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| Speed | 500 mph (Mach .77)
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| Service Ceiling | 45,000 feet at cruising speed (13,716 meters)
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| Range | Unlimited with in-flight refueling
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| Crew | Three (two pilots and one loadmaster)
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| Maximum Peacetime Takeoff Weight | 585,000 pounds (265,306 kilos)
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| Load | 102 troops/paratroops;
48 litter and 54 ambulatory patients and attendants;
170,900 pounds (76,644 kilos) of cargo (18 pallet positions)
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| Date Deployed | June 1993
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