Primary Function: Tactical and intratheater airlift

Contractor: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company

Power Plant:C-130E: Four Allison T56-A-7 turboprops; 4,200 prop shaft horsepower C-130H: Four Allison T56-A-15 turboprops; 4,591prop shaft horsepower

Length: C-130E/H: 97 feet, 9 inches (29.3 meters)

Height: 38 feet, 3 inches (11.4 meters)

Wingspan: 132 feet, 7 inches (39.7 meters)

Cargo Compartment: C-130E/H: length, 40 feet (12.31 meters); width, 119 inches (3.12 meters); height, 9 feet (2.74 meters). Rear ramp: length, 123 inches (3.12 meters); width, 119 inches (3.02 meters)

Speed:C-130E: 345 mph/300 ktas (Mach 0.49) at 20,000 feet (6,060 meters) C-130H: 366 mph/318 ktas (Mach 0.52) at 20,000 feet (6,060 meters)

Ceiling: 33,000 feet (10,000 meters) with 45,000 pounds (17,716 kilograms) payload

Maximum Takeoff Weight: C-130E/H: 155,000 pounds (69,750 kilograms)

Maximum Allowable Payload: C-130E, 45,050 pounds (20,434 kilograms); C-130H, 43,550 pounds (19,754 kilograms)

Maximum Normal Payload: C-130E, 36,720 pounds (16,656 kilograms); C-130H, 35,220 pounds (15,976 kilograms)

Range at Maximum Normal Payload: C-130E, 1,838 miles (1,597 nautical miles); C-130H, 2,006 miles (1,743 nautical miles)

Range with 35,000 pounds of Payload: C-130E, 1,968 miles (1,710 nautical miles); C-130H, 2,023 miles (1,758 nautical miles)

Maximum Load: C-130E/H: 6 pallets or 74 litters or 16 CDS bundles or 92 combat troops or 64 paratroopers, or a combination of any of these up to the cargo compartment capacity or maximum allowable weight.

Crew: C-130E/H: Five (two pilots, navigator, flight engineer and loadmaster)

Price Tag: C-130E, $11.9, C-130H, $30.1, (FY 1998 constant dollars in millions)                                 PAF Status: Pakistan Air Force is currently using C-130H. Pakistan has also ordered another Six C-130E from USA in July 2002