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March 23rd, 2008, 21:35
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| Old Skool  |  B-1B Achieves First Supersonic Flight Using Synthetic Fuel B-1B Achieves First Supersonic Flight Using Synthetic Fuel http://www.asd-network.com/press_detail_B.asp?ID=15555 Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, March 20, 2008) -- A B-1B Lancer from the 9th Bomb Squadron here became the first Air Force aircraft to fly at supersonic speed using an alternate fuel March 19 in a flight over Texas and New Mexico. The fuel, a 50/50 blend of synthetic and petroleum gases, is being tested as part of an ongoing Air Force program to help the environment and to use a fuel produced domestically. Air Force officials are in the process of evaluating and certifying this alternative fuel, which is derived from natural gas using the Fischer-Tropsch process, for use in all Air Force aircraft. "The goal is to have every aircraft using synthetic fuel blends by 2011," said Maj. Don Rhymer, assigned to the Air Force Alternative Fuels Certification Office. "By 2016 we hope at least 50 percent of this fuel will be produced domestically."
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March 23rd, 2008, 21:56
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Inside your OODA loop
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| Re: B-1B Achieves First Supersonic Flight Using Synthetic Fu "Within the federal government, the Air Force is the single largest user of aviation fuel..." Ya think? 
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