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Primary Function | Advanced trainer for airlift and tanker pilots
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Builder | Raytheon Corp.
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Power Plant | Two Pratt and Whitney JT15D-5 turbofan engines
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Thrust | 2,900 pounds each engine
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Length | 48 feet, 5 inches (14.75 meters)
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Height | 13 feet, 11 inches (4.24 meters)
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Wingspan | 43 feet, 6 inches (13.25 meters)
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Speed | 538 miles per hour (Mach .73)
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Ceiling | 41,000 feet (12,500 meters)
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Maximum Takeoff Weight | 16,100 pounds (7,303 kilograms)
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Range | More than 2,100 nautical miles
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Armament | None
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Crew | Three (pilot, co-pilot, instructor pilot) and observer
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Date Deployed | February 1992
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Unit Cost | $4.1 million
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Inventory | Active force 180 [by end of 1997); ANG, 0; Reserve, 0
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