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Primary Function | Weather reconnaissance.
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Contractor | Lockheed Aircraft Corporation.
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Power Plant | Four Allison turboprop engines; T-56-A-15.
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Length | 99 feet, 4 inches (30.10 meters).
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Height | 38 feet, 6 inches (11.67 meters).
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Maximum Takeoff Weight | 155,000 pounds (69,750 kilograms).
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Wingspan | 132 feet, 6 inches (40.15 meters).
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Range | 4,000 miles (3,478 nautical miles).
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Ceiling | 33,000 feet (10,000 meters).
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Endurance | Can stay aloft 18 hours at 300-plus mph (480 kph).
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Speed | 350-plus mph (Mach 0.46; 304 knots per hour).
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Crew | Six; pilot, co-pilot, navigator, flight engineer, aerial reconnaissance weather officer and dropsonde system operator.
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Date Deployed | 1964.
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Unit Cost | Approximately $13 million, 1960 dollars.
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Inventory | Active force; 0; ANG, 0; Reserve, 10 WC-130H's.
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