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Twin-engine logistics aircraft carrying passengers and cargo between military installations.

General Characteristics

Primary Function: Light passenger and cargo airlift.

Contractor: Raytheon Aircraft Company (Formally Beech Aircraft).

Date Deployed: 1994.

Unit Cost: $6 million.

Propulsion: Two Pratt & Whitney PT-6A-1 (UC-12B) and PT6A-42 (UC-12F/M) turboprop engines; each deliver 850 shaft horsepower each.

Length: 43 feet 10 inches (13.3 meters).

Height: 15 feet (4.57 meters).

Weight: Max. gross, take-off: 13,500 lbs.

Airspeed: Max.: 294 knots (334 mph, 544 kph).

Ceiling: 35,000 feet (10,668 meters).

Range: 1,974 nautical miles (3,658 km).

Crew: Two.

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The C-9 fleet is located throughout the continental United States, Europe, and Asia. The Navy and Marine Corps C-9 aircraft provide cargo and passenger transportation as well as forward deployment logistics support. The Air Force C-9s are used for medical evacuation, passenger transportation, and special missions.

General Characteristics

Primary Function: C-9A/C aeromedical evacuation, C-9B cargo transport.

Contractor: Boeing Aircraft Corporation (formerly the McDonnell Douglas Corporation).

Date Deployed: August 1968.

Unit Cost: $35 million.

Propulsion: Two Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A turbofan engines.

Length: 119 feet 3 inches (35.7 meters).

Height: 27 feet 5 inches (8.2 meters).

Wingspan: 93 feet 3 inches (27.9 meters).

Weight: Basic weight is 65,283 pounds (29,369 kg) in passenger configuration; 59,706 pounds (26,868 kg) in cargo configuration; Maximum takeoff weight is 108,000 pounds (48,600 kg).

Airspeed: 565 mph (Mach 0.86/904 km/h) at 25,000 feet ( 7.500 meters), with maximum takeoff weight.

Ceiling: 37,000 feet.

Range: More than 2,000 miles (1,739 nautical miles or 3,200 km).

Crew: C-9A/C, eight (pilot, copilot, flight mechanic, two flight nurses, three aeromedical technicians); C-9B, two pilots plus cabin attendants.

Load: 40 litter patients or four litters and 40 ambulatory patients or other combinations.

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The C-130 Hercules, a four-engine turboprop aircraft, is the workhorse of the military services. Capable of landing and taking off from short, rough dirt runways, it is a people and cargo hauler and is used in a wide variety of other roles, such as gunships, weather watchers, tankers, firefighters and aerial ambulances. There are more than 40 versions of the Hercules, and it is widely used by more than 50 nations.

General Characteristics

Primary Function: Global airlift.

Contractor: Lockheed Aeronautical Systems Company, Marietta, Ga.

Unit Cost: Average $44.1 million.

Propulsion: Four Allison T56-A-15 turboprops, each 4,300 horsepower.  Horsepower each engine: AC-130A, 3,750 hp; AC-130H, 4,910 hp.

Length: 97 feet 9 inches (29.3 meters).

Height: 38 feet 3 inches (11.4 meters).

Wingspan: 132 feet 7 inches (39.7 meters).

Weight: Maximum takeoff weight is 155,000 pounds (69,750 kg).

Airspeed: 374 mph (Mach 0.57, 604.4 kmh) at 20,000 feet.

Ceiling: 33,000 feet with 100,000 pounds (45,000 kg) payload.

Range: 2,350 miles (2,050 nautical miles, 3,770 km) with max payload; 2,500 mi (2,174 nautical mi, 4,000 km) with 25,000 pounds (11,250 kg) cargo; 5,200 mi (4,522 nautical mi, 8,320 km) with no cargo.

Crew: Five: two pilots, navigator, flight engineer, loadmaster.

Load: Up to 92 troops or 64 paratroops or 74 litter patients or five standard freight pallets.

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Background

The C-2A Greyhound is a derivative of the E-2 Hawkeye and replaced the piston-engine powered C-1 Trader in the Carrier On-board Delivery role. The C-2A shares wings, and empennage with the E-2 Hawkeye, but has a widened fuselage with a rear loading ramp. The first of two prototypes flew in 1964 and production began the following year. The original C-2A aircraft were overhauled to extend their operational life in 1973. In 1984, a contract was awarded for 39 new C-2A aircraft to replace the earlier airframes. Dubbed the Reprocured C-2A due to the similarity to the original aircraft, the new C-2A includes substantial airframe and avionic systems improvements. All the older C-2As were phased out in 1987, and the last of the new models was delivered in 1990.

Primary Function: Carrier On-board Delivery (COD) aircraft

Contractor: Grumman Corporation

Unit Cost: $38.96 million

Propulsion: Two Allison T56-A-425 turboprop engines; 4,600 shaft horsepower each

Length: 56 feet 10 inches (17.3 meters)

Height: 17 feet 2 inches (5.28 meters)

Wingspan: 80 feet 7 inches (24.56 meters)

Weight: Max. Gross, take-off: 57,500 lbs (26,082 kg)

Airspeed: Cruise - Approximately 260 knots true airspeed speed; Max - Approximately 343 knots

Ceiling: 30,000 feet (9,144 meters)

Range: 1,300 nautical miles (1,497 statute miles)

Crew: Four

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The E-2 Hawkeye is the Navy's all-weather, carrier-based tactical battle management airborne early warning, command and control aircraft. The E-2 is a twin engine, five crewmember, high-wing turboprop aircraft with a 24-foot diameter radar rotodome attached to the upper fuselage.

General Characteristics

Primary Function: Airborne Command & Control, Battle Space Management.

Contractor: Northrop Grumman Aerospace Corp.

Date Deployed: January 1964.

Unit Cost: $80 million.

Propulsion: Two Allison T-56-A427 turboprop engines; (5,100 shaft horsepower each).

Length: 57 feet 6 inches (17.5 meters).

Height: 18 feet 3 inches (5.6 meters).

Wingspan: 80 feet 7 inches (28 meters).

Weight: Max. gross, take-off: 53,000 lbs (23,850 kg) 40,200 lbs basic (18,090 kg).

Airspeed: 300+ knots (345 miles, 552 km. per hour).

Ceiling: 30,000 feet (9,100 meters).

Crew: Five.

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The EA-6B Prowler provides an umbrella of protection for strike aircraft, ground troops and ships by jamming enemy radar, electronic data links and communications.

General Characteristics

Primary Function: Electronic countermeasures.

Contractor: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation.

Date Deployed: First Flight: 25 May 1968; Operational Capability: July 1971.

Propulsion: Two Pratt & Whitney J52-P408 engines (10,400 pounds thrust each).

Length: 59 feet 10 inches (17.7 meters).

Height: 16 feet 8 inches (4.9 meters).

Wingspan: 53 feet (15.9 meters).

Weight: Maximum Take Off Gross Weight: 61,500 pounds (27,450 kg).

Airspeed: 500 Kts + (575 mph, 920 kmh).

Ceiling: 37,600 feet.

Range: 1,000 nautical miles+ (1,150 miles, 1,840 km).

Crew: Pilot and three electronic countermeasures officers.

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All-weather fighter and attack aircraft. The single-seat F/A-18 Hornet is the nation's first strike-fighter. It was designed for traditional strike applications such as interdiction and close air support without compromising its fighter capabilities. With its excellent fighter and self-defense capabilities, the F/A-18 at the same time increases strike mission survivability and supplements the F-14 Tomcat in fleet air defense. F/A-18 Hornets are currently operating in 37 tactical squadrons from air stations world-wide, and from 10 aircraft carriers. The U.S. Navy's Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Squadron proudly flies them. The Hornet comprises the aviation strike force for seven foreign customers including Canada, Australia, Finland, Kuwait, Malaysia, Spain and Switzerland.

General Characteristics, Super Hornet, E and F models

Primary Function: Multi-role attack and fighter aircraft.

Contractor: McDonnell Douglas.

Date Deployed: First flight in November 1995. Initial Operational Capability (IOC) in September 2001 with VFA-115, NAS Lemoore, Calif. First cruise for VFA-115 is onboard the USS Abraham Lincoln.

Unit Cost: $57 million

Propulsion: Two F414-GE-400 turbofan engines. 22,000 pounds (9,977 kg) static thrust per engine.

Length: 60.3 feet (18.5 meters).

Height: 16 feet (4.87 meters).

Wingspan: 44.9 feet (13.68 meters).

Weight: Maximum Take Off Gross Weight is 66,000 pounds (29,932 kg).

Airspeed: Mach 1.8+.

Ceiling: 50,000+ feet.

Range: Combat: 1,275 nautical miles (2,346 kilometers), clean plus two AIM-9s Ferry: 1,660 nautical miles (3,054 kilometers), two AIM-9s, three 480 gallon tanks retained.

Crew: A, C and E models: One B, D and F models: Two.

Armament: One M61A1/A2 Vulcan 20mm cannon; AIM 9 Sidewinder, AIM-9X (projected), AIM 7 Sparrow, AIM-120 AMRAAM, Harpoon, Harm, SLAM, SLAM-ER (projected), Maverick missiles; Joint Stand-Off Weapon (JSOW); Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM); Data Link Pod; Paveway Laser Guided Bomb; various general purpose bombs, mines and rockets.

General Characteristics, C and D models

Primary Function: Multi-role attack and fighter aircraft.

Contractor: Prime: McDonnell Douglas; Major Subcontractor: Northrop.

Date Deployed: November 1978. Operational - October 1983 (A/B models); September 1987 (C/D models).

Unit Cost: $29 million.

Propulsion: Two F404-GE-402 enhanced performance turbofan engines. 17,700 pounds static thrust per engine.

Length: 56 feet (16.8 meters).

Height: 15 feet 4 inches (4.6 meters).

Wingspan: 40 feet 5 inches (13.5 meters).

Weight: Maximum Take Off Gross Weight is 51,900 pounds (23,537 kg).

Airspeed: Mach 1.7+.

Ceiling: 50,000+ feet.

Range: Combat: 1,089 nautical miles (1252.4 miles/2,003 km), clean plus two AIM-9s Ferry: 1,546 nautical miles (1777.9 miles/2,844 km), two AIM-9s plus three 330 gallon tanks.

Crew: A, C and E models: One B, D and F models: Two

Armament: One M61A1/A2 Vulcan 20mm cannon; AIM 9 Sidewinder, AIM 7 Sparrow, AIM-120 AMRAAM, Harpoon, Harm, SLAM, SLAM-ER, Maverick missiles; Joint Stand-Off Weapon (JSOW); Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM); various general purpose bombs, mines and rockets.

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The F/A-18E/F Super Hornet is a combat-proven strike fighter with built-in versatility. The Super Hornet's suite of integrated and networked systems provides enhanced interoperability, total force support for the combatant commander and for the troops on the ground.

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Four-engine turboprop anti-submarine and maritime surveillance aircraft.

General Characteristics

Primary Function: Antisubmarine warfare(ASW)/Antisurface warfare (ASUW).

Contractor: Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems Company.

Date Deployed: First flight, November 1959; Operational, P-3A August 1962 and P-3C August 1969.

Unit Cost: $36 million.

Propulsion: Four Allison T-56-A-14 turboprop engines (4,600 hp each)

Length: 116.7 feet.

Height: 33.7 feet.

Wingspan: 99.6 feet.

Weight: Maximum takeoff, 139,760 pounds

Airspeed: Maximum, 411 knots; cruise, 328 knots

Ceiling: 28,300 feet.

Range: Mission radius, 2,380 nautical miles; for three hours on-station at 1,500 feet, 1,346 nautical miles.

Crew: (P-3C) three pilots, two naval flight officers, two flight engineers, three sensor operators, one in-flight technician.

Armament: 20,000 pounds of ordnance, including AGM-84 Harpoon, AGM-84E SLAM, AGM-84H/K and AGM-65F Maverick missiles, Mk46/50/54.

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The T-6A Texan II is a tandem-seat, turboprop trainer whose mission is to train Navy and Marine Corps pilots and Naval Flight Officers

General Characteristics

Primary Function: All-purpose jet trainer.

Contractor: Raytheon Aircraft Company.

Date Deployed: First flight, July 1998; Operational, Nov. 1, 2002.

Propulsion: one Pratt & Whitney Canada PT-6A-68 turboprop engine; 1,100 horsepower.

Length: 33.3 feet (10.12 meters).

Height: 10.8 feet (3.29 meters).

Wingspan: 33.4 feet (10.18 meters).

Weight: empty, 5,000 pounds (2,268 kg.); maximum takeoff weight, 6,500 pounds (2,948.4 kg.).

Airspeed: 270 knots at 1,000 feet level flight.

Ceiling: 31,000 feet (9,448.8 meters).

Range: maximum, 850 nautical miles (1,367.91 km).

Crew: Two (instructor pilot, student pilot).

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The T-34C Turbomentor is an unpressurized two-seat, tandem cockpit low-wing turboprop trainer whose mission is to train Navy and Marine Corps pilots.

General Characteristics

Primary Function: Training platform for Navy/Marine Corps pilots.

Contractor: Raytheon Aircraft Company (Formally Beech Aircraft).

Date Deployed: Operational: 1977.

Unit Cost: $1 million.

Propulsion: Model PT6A-25 turbo-prop engine (Pratt & Whitney Aircraft of Canada).

Length: 28 feet 8 inches (9 meters).

Height: 9 feet 11 inches (3 meters).

Wingspan: 33 feet 5 inches (10 meters).

Weight: 4,425 Lb., Empty Wt. approx. 3,000 Lb.

Airspeed: Max: 280 Knots (322 miles per hour or 515 km per hour).

Ceiling: 25,000 Feet .

Range: Approximately 600 nautical miles.

Crew: Two (instructor pilot, student pilot).

Armament: None.

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The T-45A Goshawk is a tandem-seat, carrier capable, jet trainer whose mission is to train Navy and Marine Corps pilots

General Characteristics

Primary Function: Training platform for Navy/Marine Corps pilots.

Contractor: Boeing Company.

Date Deployed: First flight, April 1988; Operational, 1991.

Unit Cost: $17.2 million.

Propulsion: Rolls Royce F405-RR-401 turbofan engine with 5,527 pounds thrust.

Length: 39 feet 4 inches (11.98 meters).

Height: 13 feet 6 inches (4.11 meters).

Wingspan: 30 feet 10 inches (9.39 meters).

Weight: Take-off maximum gross, 13,500 pounds (6,075 kg); empty 9,394 pounds (4,261 kg).

Airspeed: 645 miles per hour (1038 km per hour).

Ceiling: 42,500 feet.

Range: 700 nautical miles (805 statute miles, 1288 km).

Crew: Two (instructor pilot, student pilot).

Armament: None.

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The CH-53D is a medium lift helicopter designed to transport personnel, supplies and equipment in support of amphibious and shore operations.

General Characteristics

Contractor: Sikorsky Aircraft Division of United Technologies Corp.

Date Deployed: First flight: Oct 14, 1964; Operational: November 1966.

Propulsion: Two General Electric T64-GE-413 turboshaft engines (3,925 shaft horsepower each)

Length: Fuselage: 67.5 feet (20.3 meters); Rotors turning: 88 feet 3 inches (26.5 meters).

Height: 24 feet 11 inches (7.2 meters).

Rotor Diameter: 72 feet 3 inches (21.7 meters).

Weight: 21 tons (max gross) (18.9 metric tons).

Airspeed: 160 knots (184 miles, 294 km per hour).

Ceiling: 12,450 feet.

Range: 578 nautical miles (665 statute miles, 1064 km); 886 nautical miles ferry range.

Crew: Two pilots, one aircrewman.

Load: 37 troops or 24 litter patients plus four attendants or 8,000 pounds (3,600 kg) cargo.

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Communications relay and strategic airborne command post aircraft. Provides survivable, reliable, and endurable airborne command, control, and communications between the National Command Authority (NCA) and U.S. strategic and non-strategic forces. Two squadrons, the "Ironmen" of VQ-3 and the "Shadows" of VQ-4 deploy more than 20 aircrews from Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma to meet these requirements.

General Characteristics

Primary Function: Communications relay for fleet ballistic missile submarines (A and B models) and airborne command post for U.S. Strategic forces (B model).

Contractor: The Boeing Company.

Date Deployed: October 1998.

Unit Cost: 141.7 million.

Propulsion: Four CFM-56-2A-2 High bypass turbofans.

Length: 150 feet, 4 inches (45.8 meters).

Height: 42 feet 5 inches (12.9 meters).

Wingspan: 148 feet, 4 inches (45.2 meters).

Weight: Max gross, take-off. 342,000 lbs (154,400 kg).

Airspeed: 522 knots, 600 miles (960 km) per hour.

Ceiling: Above 40,000 feet.

Range: 6,600 nautical miles (7,590 statute miles, 12,144 km) with 6 hours loiter time.

Crew: 22

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The TH-57 is a derivative of the commercial Bell Jet Ranger 206. Although primarily used for training, these aircraft are also used for photo, chase and utility missions.

General Characteristics

Contractor: Bell Helicopter Textron.

Date Deployed: First flight: 1961; Operational: 1968.

Propulsion: One Allison 250-C20BJ turbofan engine.

Length: Fuselage - 31 feet (9.44 meters); Rotors turning - 39 feet (11.9 meters).

Height: 10 feet (3.04 meters).

Rotor Diameter: 35 feet 4 inches (10.78 meters).

Weight: 1595 pounds (725kg) empty, 3200 pounds (1455 kg) maximum take off.

Airspeed: 138 miles (222 km) per hour maximum; 117 miles (188 km) per hour cruising.

Ceiling: 18,900 feet (5,761 meters).

Range: 368 nautical miles (420 statute miles, 676 km).

Crew: One pilot, four students.

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A twin-engine, medium lift, utility or assault helicopter.

General Characteristics

Primary Function: Varies with the particular military service.

Contractor: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (airframe); General Electric Company (engines); IBM Corporation (avionics components).

Propulsion: Two General Electric T700-GE-700 or T700-GE-701C engines; thrust: up to 1,940 shaft horsepower.

Length: 64 feet 10 inches (19.6 meters).

Height: Varies with the version; from 13 to 17 feet (3.9 to 5.1 meters).

Rotor Diameter: 53 feet 8 inches (16.4 meters).

Weight: Varies; 21,000 to 23,000 pounds (9,450 to 10,350 kg).

Airspeed: 180 knots maximum.

Range: Generally about 380 nautical miles (600 km); range becomes unlimited with air refueling capability.

Crew: Three to four.

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The T-34C Turbomentor is an unpressurized two-seat, tandem cockpit low-wing turboprop trainer whose mission is to train Navy and Marine Corps pilots.

General Characteristics

Primary Function: Training platform for Navy/Marine Corps pilots.

Contractor: Raytheon Aircraft Company (Formally Beech Aircraft).

Date Deployed: Operational: 1977.

Unit Cost: $1 million.

Propulsion: Model PT6A-25 turbo-prop engine (Pratt & Whitney Aircraft of Canada).

Length: 28 feet 8 inches (9 meters).

Height: 9 feet 11 inches (3 meters).

Wingspan: 33 feet 5 inches (10 meters).

Weight: 4,425 Lb., Empty Wt. approx. 3,000 Lb.

Airspeed: Max: 280 Knots (322 miles per hour or 515 km per hour).

Ceiling: 25,000 Feet .

Range: Approximately 600 nautical miles.

Crew: Two (instructor pilot, student pilot).

Armament: None.

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The T-34C Turbomentor is an unpressurized two-seat, tandem cockpit low-wing turboprop trainer whose mission is to train Navy and Marine Corps pilots.

General Characteristics

Primary Function: Training platform for Navy/Marine Corps pilots.

Contractor: Raytheon Aircraft Company (Formally Beech Aircraft).

Date Deployed: Operational: 1977.

Unit Cost: $1 million.

Propulsion: Model PT6A-25 turbo-prop engine (Pratt & Whitney Aircraft of Canada).

Length: 28 feet 8 inches (9 meters).

Height: 9 feet 11 inches (3 meters).

Wingspan: 33 feet 5 inches (10 meters).

Weight: 4,425 Lb., Empty Wt. approx. 3,000 Lb.

Airspeed: Max: 280 Knots (322 miles per hour or 515 km per hour).

Ceiling: 25,000 Feet .

Range: Approximately 600 nautical miles.

Crew: Two (instructor pilot, student pilot).

Armament: None.

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