Lockheed—C-141 StarLifter: Mission Profile Configuration options: the cargo compartment in the C-141B fuselage has an internal volume of 6,368 cu ft (180.3 m3) and floor provision for 13 standard cargo pallets; the C-141B can be configured for cargo, paratroopers, combat troops, hospital litter patients, or combinations of all of these, and can be employed for air drops of troops or equipment Strategic airlift (personnel): to the extent possible, the USAF employs the C-5A/B for equipment and the C-141B for personnel; 166 passengers can be transported in palletized airline-style seats; 205 passengers or 168 fully-equipped paratroopers can be carried using canvas, side-facing seats Strategic airlift (equipment): with a typical payload of 70,847 lb (32,135 kg) and maximum payload of 90,880 lb (41,220 kg), on a strategic airlift mission the C-141B would employ air refueling but could have a range up to 6,390 miles (10,280 km) unrefueled with a two-hour fuel reserve; in addition to cargoes ranging from medical supplies to fuel, the C-141B can carry such heavy equipment items as a sinsealed VW tactical vehicles or an AH-1 Cobra helicopter (although usual practice is to transport such items on the C-5A/B); one C-141B squadron (6th AS/438th AW, McGuire AFB, NJ) transports all nuclear weapons for the USAF Airborne operations: the C-141B carries 168 paratroopers to a radius of up to 3,660 miles (3,890 km) or further with air refueling; a combat air drop is made with an approach to the DZ (drop zone) at medium altitude of 2,000 ft (609 m); some C-141B crews and aircraft are dedicated to special operations airdrop insertions with run-in to DZ (drop zone) at 300 ft (91 m) altitude and actual drop at 500 ft (152 m) Medical evacuation: on a medevac/ambulance mission, the C-141B would have a range up to 6,500 miles (10,460 km) unrefueled with a two-hour fuel reserve; carry 103 litter patients, 113 ambulatory patients, or a combination of the two