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Coal Based Jet Fuel
The U.S. Air Force successfully tested a new jet fuel made from a 50-50 blend of JP8, which is conventional jet fuel, and a synthetic fuel made from coal. The Fischer-Tropsch fuel eyed by the Air Force is named after the two German scientists who developed the process in 1923 of converting natural gas or coal into liquid fuel. Germany used the process to convert coal to fuel during World War II. Air Force officials said they were impressed with recent tests of the synthetic fuel when it was blended with an equal amount of traditional jet fuel. The fuel blend was tested over the past year in a B-52 bomber at Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert in warm weather, and at North Dakota's Minot Air Force Base in colder weather. The military found that it performed on par with conventional petroleum-based military aviation fuel. The Air Force said it plans to certify 31 airplanes and four helicopters with the fuel, as well as well as some vehicles such as Humvees.
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The U.S. Air Force successfully tested a new jet fuel made from a 50-50 blend of JP8, which is conventional jet fuel, and a synthetic fuel made from coal. The Fischer-Tropsch fuel eyed by the Air Force is named after the two German scientists who developed the process in 1923 of converting natural gas or coal into liquid fuel. Germany used the process to convert coal to fuel during World War II. Air Force officials said they were impressed with recent tests of the synthetic fuel when it was blended with an equal amount of traditional jet fuel. The fuel blend was tested over the past year in a B-52 bomber at Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert in warm weather, and at North Dakota's Minot Air Force Base in colder weather. The military found that it performed on par with conventional petroleum-based military aviation fuel. The Air Force said it plans to certify 31 airplanes and four helicopters with the fuel, as well as well as some vehicles such as Humvees. 
