C-130B "Hercules" Dates assigned: 1972 - 1993 Crew: 5 (two pilots, navigator, flight engineer and loadmaster) Capacity: 92 passengers or 64 airborne troops or 74 litter patients with 2 medical personnel or 6 pallets or 2-3 HMMWVs or 2 M113 armored personnel carrier Payload: 45,000 lb (20,000 kg) Length: 97 ft 9 in (29.8 m) Wingspan: 132 ft 7 in (40.4 m) Height: 38 ft 3 in (11.6 m) Wing area: 1,745 ft² (162.1 m²) Empty weight: 75,800 lb (34,400 kg) Useful load: 72,000 lb (33,000 kg) Max takeoff weight: 155,000 lb (70,300 kg) Powerplant: 4× Allison T56-A-15 turboprops, 4,590 shp (3,430 kW) each Maximum speed: 320 knots (366 mph, 592 km/h) at 20,000 ft (6,060 m) Cruise speed: 292 kn (336 mph, 540 km/h) Range: 2,050 nmi (2,360 mi, 3,800 km) Service ceiling: 23,000 ft (7,000 m) Rate of climb: 1,830 ft/min (9.3 m/s) Takeoff distance: 3,586 ft (1,093 m) at 155,000 lb (70,300 kg) max gross weight; 1,400 ft (427 m) at 80,000 lb (36,300 kg) gross weight Avionics: Westinghouse Electronic Systems (now Northrop Grumman) AN/APN-241 weather and navigational radar Cost: $4.8 mil Armament: none