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Air Force To Fly Global Hawk Using Alt Fuel Blend

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The Air Force recently flew a remotely piloted vehicle out of Edwards AFB, Calif., using a blend of synthetic and conventional jet fuel. This would be the first-ever flight of the RQ-4 Global Hawk aircraft powered solely on a synthetic paraffinic kerosene, or SPK jet fuel blend, the Air Force said in a Nov. 19 statement. It would also be the first time any Defense Department aircraft flew with a 50 percent mix of JP-8 blended with 25 percent SPK…

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