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Boeing C-17A Globemaster III SN:92-3293

Markings: 58th Airlift Squadron (58 AS) is part of the 97th Air Mobility Wing at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma

SN: 92-3293

Specifications (C-17)

General characteristics

 

Crew: 3: 2 pilots, 1 loadmaster

Capacity:

 

102 troops with standard centerline seats or

134 troops with palletized seats or

36 litter and 54 ambulatory patients

Payload: 170,900 lb (77,519 kg) of cargo distributed at max over 18 463L master pallets or a mix of palletized cargo and vehicles

Length: 174 ft (53 m)

Wingspan: 169.8 ft (51.75 m)

Height: 55.1 ft (16.8 m)

Wing area: 3,800 ft² (353 m²)

Empty weight: 282,500 lb (128,100 kg)

Max takeoff weight: 585,000 lb (265,350 kg)

Powerplant: 4× Pratt & Whitney F117-PW-100 turbofans, 40,440 lbf (180 kN) each

Fuel capacity: 35,546 US gal (134,556 L)

Performance

 

Cruise speed: Mach 0.76 (450 knots, 515 mph, 830 km/h)

Range: 2,420 nmi[87] (2,785 mi, 4,482 km)

Service ceiling: 45,000 ft (13,716 m)

Max wing loading: 150 lb/ft² (750 kg/m²)

Minimum thrust/weight: 0.277

 

97th Air Mobility Wing (97 AMW), which is a part of the Air Education and Training Command's (AETC) Nineteenth Air Force

 

McDonnell Douglas C-17A Globemaster III Lot IV c/n P-13

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Uploaded on March 23, 2009
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