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General Characteristics Primary Function: Outsize cargo transport Prime Contractor: Lockheed-Georgia Co. Power Plant: Four General Electric TF-39 engines Thrust: 43,000 pounds, each engine Wingspan: 222.9 feet (67.89 meters) Length: 247.1 feet (75.3 meters) Height: 65.1 feet (19.84 meters) Cargo Compartment: height , 13.5 feet (4.11 meters); width, 19 feet (5.79 meters); length, 143 feet, 9 in (43.8 meters) Pallet Positions: 36 Maximum Cargo: 270,000 pounds (122,472 kilograms) Maximum Takeoff Weight: 769,000 pounds (348,818 kilograms) (peacetime), 840,000 pounds (381,024 kilograms) (wartime) Speed: 518 mph (.77 Mach) Range: 6,320 nautical miles without air refueling; unlimited with in-flight refueling Crew: 7 (pilot, co-pilot, two flight engineers and three loadmasters) Unit Cost: C-5A - $152.8 million (fiscal 1998 constant dollars); C-5B - $179 million (fiscal 1998 constant dollars); Modification unit cost, $90 million (fiscal 2009 constant dollars) Deployed: C-5A - 1969, C-5B - 1980, C-5M - 2009 Inventory: Total force, 111; C-5A, 59, C-5B, 47, C-5C, 2, C-5M, 3 |
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