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Military to fight on synthetic fuel

Posted on January 29, 2008

Today was the day the first C-17 Globemaster flew across the country powered by synthetic fuel.A Globemaster its tanks half-filled with standard jet fuel and half with a synthetic, coal-derived fuel flew Dec. 17 from Washington's McChord Air Force Base to New Jersey's McGuire Air Force Base. The B-52 bomber is already certified to use this fuel mix and full certification is expected for the C-17 in coming months.It's the latest milestone in an effort to prove all of the Air Force's fleet can use this domestically produced synthetic fuel by 2011. By 2016, the Air Force wants all of its ...

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