Lockheed C-141 StarLifter, U.S. Air Force

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Lockheed C-141 StarLifter U.S AIR FL CE A

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FANJET AIRLIFTER-Largest U. S. Air Force jet transport now operating is the Lockheed C-141 StarLifter. Weight, 316,000 lbs. Wing span, 160 ft. Tail height, 39 ft. Length, 145 ft. Speed, 550 mph. Military payload, approximately 70,000 lbs. This giant fanjet will deliver Army airborne men and equipment directly from the U. S. across any ocean nonstop. Designed and manufactured by Lockheed-Georgia Company, Marietta, Ga., a division of Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. Fanjet engines, Pratt & Whitney, East Hartford, Conn. Development directed by Air Force Systems Com- mand's Aeronautical Systems Division. Began operations with Military Airlift Command, 1965. First missions: airlifting troops, supplies and equipment to Vietnam and returning wounded. Certificated by Federal Aviation Agency as com- mercial freighter, 1965. HERE