C-9A/C Nightingale
C-9B Skytrain II
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| Primary Function | [C-9A/C] Aeromedical evacuation [C-9B] combined personnel/cargo transport |
| Contractor | McDonnell Douglas Corporation |
| Power Plant | Two Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A turbofan engines |
| Thrust | 14,500 pounds (6,525 kilograms) each engine |
| Length | 119 feet, 3 inches (35.7 meters) |
| Wingspan | 93 feet, 3 inches (27.9 meters) |
| Height | 27 feet, 5 inches (8.2 meters) |
| Weights | 108,000 pounds (48,600 kilograms) Maximum Takeoff Weight 65,283 pounds empty in passenger configuration [C-9B] 59,706 pounds empty in cargo configuration [C-9B] |
| Range | More than 2,000 miles (1,740 nautical miles) 2,538 nautical miles at long-range cruising speed [C-9B] |
| Ceiling | 35,000 feet (10,600 meters) |
| Speed | 565 mph (Mach 0.86) at 25,000 feet (7,600 meters), with maximum takeoff weight
504 mph long range cruising |
| Load | 40 litter patients or four litters and 40 ambulatory patients or other combinations |
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| Date Deployed | August 1968 |
| Unit Cost | $17 million |
| Inventory | USAF Active force, 10; ANG, 0; Reserve, 0 USN |
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