Editing General Electric CF6 (section)

{{short description|Turbofan aircraft engine family}}
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{|{{Infobox aircraft begin
| name = CF6
| image = File:CF-6 turbofan engine - NARA - 17475341 (cropped).jpg
| caption = At NASA's [[Glenn Research Center]] in 1979
}}
{{Infobox aircraft engine
 |type= [[Turbofan]]
 |national origin = United States
 |manufacturer= [[GE Aviation]]
 |first run= 1971
 |major applications= [[Airbus A300]]<br> [[Airbus A330]]<br>[[Boeing 747]]<br>[[Boeing 767]]<br>[[Lockheed C-5M Super Galaxy]]<br>[[McDonnell Douglas DC-10]]<br>[[McDonnell Douglas MD-11]]<br>[[Kawasaki C-2]]
 |number built = 8,300 (2018)<ref name=AvWeek10oct2018/>
 |developed from = [[General Electric TF39]]
 |developed into = [[General Electric LM2500]]<br>[[General Electric LM6000]]
 |variants with their own articles =
}}
|}

The '''General Electric CF6''', US military designations '''F103''' and '''F138''', is a family of [[high-bypass turbofan engine]]s produced by [[GE Aviation]]. Based on the [[General Electric TF39|TF39]], the first high-power high-bypass jet engine, the CF6 powers a wide variety of civilian airliners. The basic engine core also powers the [[General Electric LM2500|LM2500]] and [[General Electric LM6000|LM6000]] marine and power generation [[turboshaft]]s. It is gradually being replaced by the newer [[General Electric GEnx|GEnx]] family.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geaviation.com/commercial/engines/genx-engine|access-date=18 February 2020|title= The GEnx Commercial Aircraft Engine}}</ref>