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==Specifications (E-6B)== {{stack| [[File:Navy-e6-070403-03cr-6.jpg|thumb|Detail of the E-6's wingtip]] [[File:KC-135 refueling E-6B.jpg|thumb|A U.S. Navy E-6B Mercury refuels from a USAF 434th Air Refueling Wing KC-135R Stratotanker (2011)]] }} {{Aircraft specs |ref=Jane's all the world's aircraft, 1992β93<ref name=JAWA92-93>{{cite book |title=Jane's all the world's aircraft, 1992β93 |date=1992 |editor1-last=Lambert |editor1-first=Mark |editor2-last=Munson |editor2-first=Kenneth |editor3-last=Taylor |editor3-first=Michael J.H. |publisher=Jane's Information Group |location=Coulson, Surrey, UK |isbn=0710609876 |edition=83rd |pages=349β350}}</ref> The US Navy β Fact File: E-6B Mercury Airborne Command Post<ref name=E6_fact_file>{{cite web |title=The US Navy β Fact File: E-6B Mercury airborne command post |url=https://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=1100&tid=800&ct=1 |website=www.navy.mil |access-date=22 February 2024 |date=17 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616183057/https://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=1100&tid=800&ct=1 |archive-date=16 June 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |prime units?=kts <!-- General characteristics --> |crew=22 |length ft=150 |length in=4 |length note= |span ft=148 |span in=4 |span note= |height ft=42 |height in=5 |height note= |wing area sqft=283.4 |wing area note= |aspect ratio=<!-- sailplanes --> |airfoil=<!--'''root:''' [[NACA airfoil|NACA]] ; '''tip:''' [[NACA airfoil|NACA]]<ref name="Selig">{{cite web |last1=Lednicer |first1=David |title=The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage |url=https://m-selig.ae.illinois.edu/ads/aircraft.html |website=m-selig.ae.illinois.edu |access-date=16 April 2019}}</ref>--> |empty weight lb=172795 |empty weight note= |gross weight lb= |gross weight note= |max takeoff weight lb=342000 |max takeoff weight note= |fuel capacity= |more general= <!-- Powerplant --> |eng1 number=4 |eng1 name=[[CFM International CFM56-2A-2]] |eng1 type=[[turbofan]] engines |eng1 kw=<!-- prop engines --> |eng1 hp=<!-- prop engines --> |eng1 shp=<!-- prop engines --> |eng1 kn=<!-- jet/rocket engines --> |eng1 lbf=<!-- jet/rocket engines --> |eng1 note= <!-- Performance --> |max speed kts=522 |max speed note=dash speed |max speed mach= |cruise speed kts=455 |cruise speed note=at {{cvt|40000|ft|0}} |stall speed kts= |stall speed note= |never exceed speed kts= |never exceed speed note= |minimum control speed kts= |minimum control speed note= |range nmi=6600 |range note= |combat range nmi=6350 |combat range note= |ferry range nmi= |ferry range note= |endurance= on station at {{cvt|1000|nmi|mi km}} ** 10 hours 30 minutes unrefueled ** 28 hours 54 minutes with one refueling ** 72 hours maximum with multiple refuelings |ceiling ft=40000 |ceiling note= |g limits=<!-- aerobatic --> |roll rate=<!-- aerobatic --> |climb rate ftmin= |climb rate note= |time to altitude= |wing loading lb/sqft=112.13 |wing loading note= |fuel consumption lb/mi= |thrust/weight=0.281 |more performance= * '''Critical field length:''' {{cvt|6700|ft|0}} * '''Max effort take-off run:''' {{cvt|5400|ft|0}} * '''Landing run at max landing weight:''' {{cvt|2600|ft|0}} |avionics= * AN/ARC-182 VHF/UHF TxRx * AN/ARC-190 HF * AN/AIC-32 Crew Intercom * triplex Litton LTN-90 * LTN-211 VLF/Omega * Smiths SFM 02 digital/analog flight management system * AN/APS-133 colour weather radar }}
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