C-130J Super Hercules

C-130J Super Hercules (Military transport) – 177

Manufacturer: Lockheed Martin

First flight: 5 April 1996

Introduction: 1999

Produced: 1996-present

Number built: 300 as of 18 December 2013

Unit cost: $67.3 million (flyaway cost, USAF, FY2014)

Developed from: Lockheed C-130 Hercules

Crew: 3 (two pilots, and one loadmaster are minimum crew)

Capacity:

92 passengers (128 for C-130J-30); or

64 airborne troops (92 for C-130J-30); or

6 pallets (8 pallets for C-130J-30); or

74 litter patients with 2 medical personnel (97 litters for C-130J-30);

2–3 Humvees, or 1 LAV III (with turret removed) or an M113 armored personnel carrier

Payload: 19,050 kg (for C-130J-30 – 19,958 kg)

Length: 29.79 m (for C-130J-30 – 34.36 m)

Wingspan: 40.41 m

Height: 11.84 m

Wing area: 162.1 m²

Empty weight: 34,274 kg

Useful load: 33,000 kg

Max. takeoff weight: 79,378 kg; normal: 70,305 kg

Powerplant: 4× Rolls-Royce AE 2100D3 turboprop, 4,637 shp (3,458 kW) each

Propellers: Dowty R391 6-blade composite propeller, 1 per engine

Maximum speed: 671 km/h

Cruise speed: 643 km/h

Range: 5,250 km

Service ceiling: 8,615 m with 19,090 kg payload

Absolute altitude: 12,310 m

Takeoff distance: 953 m at 70,300 kg gross weight

A400M Atlas will replace the existing fleet of C-130 Hercules which have been the tried and trusted workhorse of the Royal Air Force’s Air Transport Fleet for decades. The A400M Atlas will give the RAF the ability to move people and equipment rapidly around the globe for military and humanitarian operations – combining the intercontinental range of the C-17 with the ability to do the tactical rough landings of the C-130 Hercules.

(http://www.dmitryshulgin.com/2014/11/30/atlas-is-sent-to-england/)