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General Characteristics Primary Function: Heavy bomber Contractor: Boeing Military Airplane Co. Power plant: Eight Pratt & Whitney engines TF33-P-3/103 turbofan Thrust: Each engine up to 17,000 pounds Wingspan: 185 feet (56.4 meters) Length: 159 feet, 4 inches (48.5 meters) Height: 40 feet, 8 inches (12.4 meters) Weight: Approximately 185,000 pounds (83,250 kilograms) Maximum Takeoff Weight: 488,000 pounds (219,600 kilograms) Fuel Capacity: 312,197 pounds Payload: 70,000 pounds (31,500 kilograms) Speed: 650 miles per hour (Mach 0.86) Range: 8,800 miles (7,652 nautical miles) Ceiling: 50,000 feet (15,151.5 meters) Armament: Approximately 70,000 pounds (31,500 kilograms) mixed ordnance -- bombs, mines and missiles. (Modified to carry air-launched cruise missiles) Crew: Five (aircraft commander, pilot, radar navigator, navigator and electronic warfare officer Unit Cost: $53.4 million (fiscal 98 constant dollars) Initial operating capability: April 1952 Inventory: Active force, 85; ANG, 0; Reserve, 9 |
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