Bio fuel is being looked at for cars and commercial jets … now the USAF is looking to see if J8 jet fuel can be supplemented or even replaced by bio-jet fuel.
"… Air Force consumes 2.4 billion gallons of jet fuel each year … 40th Flight Test Squadron is on a mission to change that. … climbing into the cockpits of jets filled, in part, with alternative fuels."
" … A-10C Thunderbolt II took off from Eglin Air Force Base in Florida powered by Hydrotreated Renewable Jet (HRJ) and JP-8 (Jet Propellant 8, the military standard and kerosene-based). … mission is being considered a success: a fighter jet can fly on a synthetic fuel blend."
Via: SmartPlanet LINK