C-12 Huron
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Primary Function: Passenger and cargo airlift
C-17 Globemaster III
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Primary Function: Cargo and troop transport
VC-25A Air Force One
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Primary Function: Presidential air transport
C-130 Hercules
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Primary Function: Tactical and intratheater airlift
C-141 Starlifter
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Primary Function: Cargo and troop transport
Tankers
KC-10 Extender
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Primary Function: Aerial tanker and transport
KC-135 Stratotanker
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Primary Function: Aerial refueling
Special Duty
E-3 Sentry
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Primary Function: Airborne surveillance, command, control and communications
E-4 Command Aircraft
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Primary Function: Airborne operations center
E-8 Joint Stars
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Primary Function: Airborne battle management
Trainers
T-1 Jayhawk
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Primary Function: Advanced trainer for airlift and tanker pilots
T-37 Tweet
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Primary Function: Primary trainer in undergraduate pilot training, undergraduate navigator and tactical navigator training
T-38 Talon
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Primary Function: Advanced jet pilot trainer
T-43 Transport Trainer
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Primary Function: Navigator trainer
Navy Planes
Logistics Aircraft
C-2 Greyhound
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Primary Function: Carrier-on-board delivery (COD) aircraft
C-9Skytrain
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Primary Function: C-9A/C aeromedical evacuation, C-9B cargo transport
C-20 Gulfstream
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Contractor: Sustaining Engineering - Gulfstream, CLS - Sabreliner
C-40 Clipper
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Primary Function: Fleet logistics support.
Control Aircraft
E-2 Hawkeye
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Primary Function: Airborne early warning, command and control
E-6 Mecury
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Primary Function: Communications relay for fleet ballistic missile submarines (A and B models) and airborne command post for U.S. Strategic forces (B model).
Electronic Countermeasure Aircraft
EA-6B Prowler
Facts
Primary Function: Electronic countermeasures
Fighters
F-14 Tomcat
Facts
Function: Carrier-based multi-role strike fighter
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Contractor: Raytheon Aircraft Company (Formally Beech Aircraft)
Unit Cost: $2 million
Propulsion: Two Pratt & Whitney PT-6A-42 turboprop engines; 850 shaft horsepower each
Length: 43 feet 10 (13.3 meters)
Height : 15 feet (4.57 meters)
Weight: Max. gross, take-off: 15,000 lbs (6,750 kg)
Cruising Speed: Max.: 294 knots (334 miles, 544 km, per hour)
Ceiling: 35,000 feet (10,668 meters)
Range: 1,974 nautical miles (3,658 km)
Crew: Two
Armament: None
Date deployed: 1994
Prime Contractor: Boeing Company
Power Plant: Four Pratt & Whitney F117-PW-100 turbofan engines
Thrust: 40,440 pounds, each engine
Wingspan: 169 feet 10 inches (to winglet tips) (51.75 meters)
Length: 174 feet (53 meters)
Height: 55 feet 1 inch (16.79 meters)
Cargo Compartment: length, 88 feet (26.82 meters); width, 18 feet (5.48 meters); height, 12 feet 4 inches (3.76 meters)
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: Three (two pilots and one loadmaster)
Maximum Peacetime Takeoff Weight: 585,000 pounds (265,352 kilograms)
Load: 102 troops/paratroops; 36 litter and 54 ambulatory patients and attendants; 170,900 pounds (77,519 kilograms) of cargo (18 pallet positions)
Unit Cost: $236.7 million (FY98 constant dollars)
Date Deployed: June 1993
Inventory: Active duty, 58; Air National Guard, 6; Air Force Reserve, 0
Contractor: Boeing Airplane Co.
Power Plant: Four General Electric CF6-80C2B1 jet engines
Thrust: 56,700 pounds, each engine
Length: 231 feet, 10 inches (70.7 meters)
Height: 63 feet, 5 inches (19.3 meters)
Wingspan: 195 feet, 8 inches (59.6 meters)
Speed: 630 miles per hour (Mach 0.92)
Ceiling: 45,100 feet (13,746 meters)
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 833,000 pounds (374,850 kilograms)
Range: 7,800 statute miles (6,800 nautical miles) (12,550 kilometers)
Crew: 26 (passenger/crew capacity: 102)
Introduction Date: Dec. 8, 1990 (tail No. 28000); Dec. 23, 1990 (tail No. 29000)
Date Deployed: Sept. 6, 1990 (tail No. 28000); Mar. 26, 1991 (tail No. 29000)
Inventory: Active force, 2; ANG, 0; Reserve, 0
Contractor: Lockheed Martin 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)
Cargo Compartment: Length, 41 feet (12.5 meters); width, 108 inches (2.74 meters); height, 9 feet (2.74 meters). Rear ramp (one pallet position); length, 88 inches (2.23 meters); width, 108 inches (2.74 meters); height, 76 inches (1.93 meters)
Speed: 374 mph (Mach 0.57) at 20,000 feet (6,060 meters)
Ceiling: 33,000 feet (10,000 meters) with 45,000 pounds (17,716 kilograms) payload
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 155,000 pounds (69,750 kilograms)
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
Crew: Five (two pilots, a navigator, flight engineer and loadmaster); up to 92 troops or 64 paratroops or 74 litter patients or six standard freight pallets with a maximum of 45,000 pounds of cargo.
Unit Cost: $14.1 million (1996 dollars)
Date Deployed: April 1955
Inventory: Active force, 93; Air Reserve component (Reserve and ANG), 296
Contractor: Lockheed-Georgia Co.
Power Plant: Four Pratt & Whitney TF33-P-7 turbofan engines
Thrust: 20,250 pounds, each engine
Wingspan: 160 feet (48.7 meters)
Length: 168 feet, 4 inches (51 meters)
Height: 39 feet, 3 inches (11.9 meters)
Cargo Compartment: Height, 9 feet 1 inch (2.77 meters); length, 93 feet 4 inches (28.45 meters); width, 10 feet 3 inches (3.12 meters)
Cargo Door: width, 10.25 feet (3.12 meters); height, 9.08 feet (2.76 meters)
Ceiling: 41,000 feet (12,496 meters) at cruising speed
Range: Unlimited with in-flight refueling
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 323,100 lbs (146,863 kilograms)
Load: Either 200 troops, 155 paratroops, 103 litters and 14 seats, or 68,725 lbs (31,239 kilograms) of cargo
Unit Cost: $42.3 million (FY98 constant dollars)
Crew: Five or six: two pilots, two flight engineers and one loadmaster and one navigator (added for airdrops). Aeromedical teams of two flight nurses and three medical technicians each are added for aeromedical evacuation missions.
Date Deployed: C-141A: October 1964; C-141B: December 1979.
Inventory: Active duty, 74; Air National Guard, 28; Air Force Reserve, 68
Prime Contractor: Douglas Aircraft Co., division of The Boeing Company
Power Plant: Three General Electric CF6-50C2 turbofans
Thrust: 52,500 pounds (23,625 kilograms), each engine
Length: 181 feet, 7 inches (54.4 meters)
Height: 58 feet, 1 inch (17.4 meters)
Wingspan: 165 feet, 4.5 inches (50 meters)
Speed: 619 mph (Mach 0.825)
Ceiling: 42,000 feet (12,727 meters)
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 590,000 pounds (265,500 kilograms)
Range: 4,400 miles (3,800 nautical miles) with cargo; 11,500 miles (10,000 nautical miles) without cargo
Maximum Cargo Payload: 170,000 pounds (76,560 kilograms)
Pallet Positions: 27
Maximum Fuel Load: 356,000 pounds (160,200 kilograms)
Crew: Four (aircraft commander, pilot, flight engineer and boom operator)
Unit Cost: 86.8 million (FY 96 constant dollars)
Date Deployed: March 1981
Inventory: Active force, 59; ANG, 0; Reserve, 0
Prime Contractor: The Boeing Company
Power Plant: KC-135R/T, Four CFM-International CFM-56 turbofan engines; KC-135E, Four Pratt and
Whitney TF-33-PW-102 turbofan engines
Thrust: KC-135R, 21,634 pounds each engine; KC-135E, 18,000 pounds each engine
Wingspan: 130 feet, 10 inches (39.88 meters)
Length: 136 feet, 3 inches (41.53 meters)
Height: 41 feet, 8 inches (12.7 meters)
Speed: 530 miles per hour at 30,000 feet (9,144 meters)
Ceiling: 50,000 feet (15,240 meters)
Range: 1,500 miles (2,419 kilometers) with 150,000 pounds (68,039 kilograms) of transfer fuel; ferry mission,
up to 11,015 miles (17,766 kilometers)
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 322,500 pounds (146,285 kilograms)
Maximum Transfer Fuel Load: 200,000 pounds (90,719 kilograms)
Maximum Cargo Capability: 83,000 pounds (37,648 kilograms)
Crew: Four
Unit Cost: $52.2 million (FY96 constant dollars)
Date Deployed: August 1965
Inventory: Active duty, 373; ANG and Reserve, 268
Builder: Boeing Aerospace Co.
Power Plant: Four Pratt and Whitney TF33-PW-100A turbofan engines
Thrust: 21,000 pounds (9,450 kilograms) each engine
Length: 145 feet, 6 inches (44 meters)
Wingspan: 130 feet, 10 inches (39.7 meters)
Height: 41 feet, 4 inches (12.5 meters)
Rotodome: 30 feet in diameter (9.1 meters), 6 feet thick (1.8 meters),
mounted 11 feet (3.33 meters) above fuselage
Speed: Optimum cruise 360 mph (Mach 0.48)
Ceiling: Above 29,000 feet (8,788 meters)
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 347,000 pounds (156,150 kilograms)
Endurance: More than 8 hours (unrefueled)
Unit Cost: Approximately $300 million
Crew: Flight crew of four plus mission crew of 13-19 specialists
(mission crew size varies according to mission)
Date Deployed: March 1977
Inventory: Active force, 33; Reserve, 0; Guard, 0
Builder: Boeing Aerospace Co.
Power Plant: Four General Electric CF6-50E2 turbofan engines
Thrust: 52,500 pounds each engine
Length: 231 feet, 4 inches (70.5 meters)
Wingspan: 195 feet, 8 inches (59.7 meters)
Height: 63 feet, 5 inches (19.3 meters)
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 800,000 pounds (360,000 kilograms)
Endurance: 12 hours (unrefueled)
Ceiling: Above 30,000 feet (9,091 meters)
Unit Cost: $258 million
Crew: Up to 114
Date Deployed: January 1980
Inventory: Active force, 4; ANG, 0; Reserve, 0
Primary Contractor: Northrop Grumman Corp.
Power Plant: Four Pratt and Whitney TF33-102C
Thrust: 19,200 pounds each engine
Length: 152 feet, 11 inches (46.6 meters)
Height: 42 feet 6 inches (13 meters)
Wingspan: 145 feet, 9 inches (44.4 meters)
Speed: Optimum orbit speed 390 - 510 knots (Mach 0.52 - 0.65)
Ceiling: 42,000 feet (12,802 meters)
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 331,000 pounds (150,142 kilograms)
Range: 8 hours (unrefueled)
Unit Cost: approximately $270 million
Crew: Flight crew of four plus mission crew of 15 Air Force and three Army specialists (crew size varies according to mission)
Date Deployed: 1996
Inventory: Active force, 4 (14 to be delivered to Air Force by 2003); ANG, 0; Reserve, 0
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
Builder: Cessna Aircraft Co.
Power Plant: Two Continental J69-T-25 turbojet engines
Thrust: 1,025 pounds (461.25 kilograms), each engine
Length: 29 feet, 3 inches (8.9 meters)
Height: 9 feet, 2 inches (2.8 meters)
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 6,625 pounds (2,981 kilograms)
Wingspan: 33 feet, 8 inches (10.2 meters)
Speed: 315 mph (Mach 0.4 at sea level)
Ceiling: 35,000 feet (10.6 kilometers),br>
Range: 460 miles (400 nautical miles)
Armament: T-37B, none; T-37C has provisions for external armament
Unit Cost: $164,854
Crew: Two, student pilot and instructor pilot
Date Deployed: December 1956
Inventory: Active force, 507; ANG, 0; Reserve 0
Builder: Northrop Corp.
Power Plant: Two General Electric J85-GE-5 turbojet engines with afterburners
Thrust: 2,900 pounds (1,315 kilograms) with afterburners
Length: 46 feet, 4 1/2 inches (14 meters)
Height: 12 feet, 10 1/2 inches (3.8 meters)
Wingspan: 25 feet, 3 inches (7.6 meters)
Speed: 812 mph (Mach 1.08 at sea level)
Ceiling: Above 55,000 feet (16,667 meters)
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 12,500 pounds (5,670 kilograms)
Range: 1,000 miles (870 nautical miles)
Armament: T-38A: none; AT-38B has provisions for external armament
Unit Cost: $756,000
Crew: Two, student and instructor
Date Deployed: March 1961
Inventory: Active force, 562; ANG, 0; Reserve 0
Builder: Boeing Co.
Power Plant: Two Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A engines
Thrust: 14,500 pounds each engine
Length: 100 feet (30.3 meters)
Height: 37 feet (11.2 meters)
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 115,000 pounds (67,500 kilograms)
Wingspan: 93 feet (28.2 meters)
Speed: 535 mph (Mach 0.72) at 35,000 feet
Ceiling: 37,000 feet (11,212 meters)
Range: 2,995 miles (2,604 nautical miles)
Armament: None
Crew: 12 navigator students, six instructor navigators, pilot and co-pilot
Date Deployed: September 1973
Unit Cost: $5,390,000
Inventory: Active force, 11; ANG, 0; Reserve, 0
Contractor: Grumman Aerospace Corporation
Unit Cost: $38.96 million
Propulsion: Two Allison T-56-A-425 turboprop engines; 4,600 shaft horsepower each
Length: 57 feet 7 inches (17.3 meters)
Height : 17 feet (5 meters)
Weight: Max. gross, take-off: 57,000 lbs (25,650 kg)
Cruising Speed: Max.: 300 knots (345 miles, 553 km, per hour)
Ceiling: 30,000 feet (9,100 meters)
Range: 1,300 nautical miles (1,495 statute miles)
Crew: Four
Contractor: Boeing Aircraft Corporation (formerly the McDonnell Douglas Corporation)
Unit Cost: $35 million
Thrust: Two Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A turbofan engines; 14,500 pounds (6,525 kg) each engine
Length: 119 feet 3 inches (35.7 meters)
Wingspan: 93 feet 3 inches (27.9 meters)
Height: 27 feet 5 inches (8.2 meters)
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 108,000 pounds (48,600 kg)
Range: More than 2,000 miles (1,739 nautical miles or 3,200 km)
Basic Weight: 65,283 pounds (29,369 kg) in passenger configuration, 59,706 pounds (26,868 kg) in cargo configuration
Ceiling: 37,000 feet
Speed: 565 mph (Mach 0.86/904 km/h) at 25,000 feet ( 7.500 meters), with maximum takeoff weight
Load: 40 litter patients or four litters and 40 ambulatory patients or other combinations
Crew: C-9A/C, eight (pilot, copilot, flight mechanic, two flight nurses, three aeromedical technicians); C-9B, two pilots plus cabin attendants
Date Deployed: August 1968
Unit Cost: New GIV - $37 Million
Propulsion: GIII - (2) Rolls Royce Limited Spey MK511-8 turbofan engines equipped with thrust reversers.
GIV - (2) Rolls Royce Tay MK611-8 turbofan engines equipped with thrust reversers.
Length: (Nose to Tail)
GIII - 83.80 feet (25.54 m)
GIV - 88.40 feet (26.94 m)
Height : (Tail Height)
GIII - 24.37 feet (7.43 m)
GIV - 24.51 feet (7.47 m)
Wing Span:
GIII - 77.83 feet (23.72 m)
GIV - 77.83 feet (23.72 m)
Weight: Max. gross, take-off:
GIII - 69,700 lbs. (31,615 kg)
GIV - 73,200 lbs. (33,203 kg)
Airspeed: 0.75 Mach
Range: GIII - Max (varies with load) 3,700nm (6,765 km)
GIV - Max 5,130nm (9382 km)
Crew: Pilot, Co-Pilot and Crew chief, flight attendent and/or loadmaster added as required. Crewed by USMC/USN Reserves
Contractor: The Boeing Company, Seattle, Wash.
Unit Cost: $ million
Propulsion: Two CFM56-7 SLST engines
Length: 110 feet 4 inches (33.63 meters)
Height: 41 feet 2 inches (12.55 meters)
Wingspan: 112 feet 7 inches (34.3 meters)
Weight: Max. gross, take-off: 171,000 lbs (77,564.3kg), Taxi: 171,000 lbs (77,564.3 kg), Landing: 134,000 lbs (60,781.4 kg), Zero fuel: 126,000 lbs (57152.6 kg)
Cruising Speed: Range: 0.78 to 0.82 Mach (585 to 615 mph, 941.47 to 989.75 kph)
Ceiling: 41,000 feet (12,496.8 meters)
Range: 3,000 nautical miles (3,452.34 statute miles) with 121 passengers or 40,000 lbs. (18,144 kg) of cargo
Crew: Four
Contractor: Grumann Aerospace Corp.
Unit Cost: $51 million
Propulsion: Two Allison T-56-A427 turboprop engines; (5,000 shaft horsepower each)
Length: 57 feet 6 inches (17.5 meters)
Wingspan: 80 feet 7 inches (28 meters)
Height: 18 feet 3 inches (5.6 meters)
Weight: Max. gross, take-off: 53,000 lbs (23,850 kg) 40,200 lbs basic (18,090 kg)
Speed: 300+ knots (345 miles, 552 km. per hour)
Ceiling: 30,000 feet (9,100 meters)
Crew: Five
Armament: None
Operational: January 1964
Contractor: The Boeing Company
Unit Cost: $141.7 million
Propulsion: Four CFM-56-2A-2 High bypass turbofans
Length: 150 feet, 4 inches (45.8 meters)
Wingspan: 148 feet, 4 inches (45.2 meters)
Height: 42 feet 5 inches (12.9 meters)
Weight: Max gross, take-off. 342,000 lbs (154,400 kg)
Ceiling: Above 40,000 feet
Speed: 522 knots, 600 miles (960 km) per hour
Crew: 14 (A model), 22 (B model)
Range: 6,600 nautical miles (7,590 statute miles, 12,144 km) with 6 hours loiter time
Armament: None
Contractor: Northrop Grumman Aerospace Corporation
Propulsion: Two Pratt & Whitney J52-P408 engines (10,400 pounds thrust each)
Length: 59 feet 10 inches (17.7 meters)
Wingspan: 53 feet (15.9 meters)
Height: 16 feet 8 inches (4.9 meters)
Weight: Max gross take-off: 61,500 pounds (27,450 kg)
Speed: Over 500 knots (575 mph, 920 kmh)
Range: Over 1,000 nautical miles (1,150 miles, 1,840 km)
Ceiling: 37,600 feet
Crew: Four: pilot and three electronic countermeasures officers
Armament: AGM-88A HARM missile
Date Deployed: First flight, May 25, 1968; Operational, July 1971
Contractor: Grumman Aerospace Corporation
Unit Cost: $38 million
Propulsion:
F-14A: Two Pratt & Whitney TF-30P-414A turbofan engine with afterburners
F-14B and F-14D: Two General Electric F110-GE-400 turbofan engines with afterburners
Thrust:
TF-30P-414A: 20,900 pounds (9,405 kg) static thrust per engine
F110-GE-400: 27,000 pounds (12,150 kg) static thrust per engine
Length: 61 feet 9 inches (18.6 meters)
Height: 16 feet (4.8 meters)
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 72,900 pounds (32,805 kg)
Wingspan: 64 feet (19 meters) unswept, 38 feet (11.4 meters) swept
Ceiling: Above 50,000 feet
Speed: Mach 2+
Crew: Two: pilot and radar intercept officer
Armament: Up to 13,000 pounds to include AIM-54 Phoenix missile, AIM-7 Sparrow missile, AIM-9 Sidewinder missile, air-to-ground precision strike ordnance, and one M61A1/A2 Vulcan 20mm cannon.
Date Deployed: First flight: December 1970
