Aero-News: Quote of the Day

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"Having access to adequate supplies of jet fuel is a national security issue, and with an assured source, price fluctuations are reduced which provides stable planning and budgeting."

Source: Bill Harrison, a fuels expert with the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, on Tuesday's planned test flight of a B-52 Stratofortress using an ultra-clean fuel refined right here in the USA. Syntroleum, a fuel research facility in Tulsa, OK  developed the clean fuel in response to the Department of Defense (DOD) sponsored Assured Fuels Initiative (AFI) which focuses on producing high performance alternative fuel for the military.

FMI: www.syntroleum.com