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Global Hawk Successfully Flies On Alt Fuel Blend

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Tuesday, December 7th, 2010

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An RQ-4 Global Hawk completed a 32-hour flight test using an alternative fuel mixture last week, according to the Air Force. A Block 20 Global Hawk took off from Edwards AFB, Calif., at 4:30 p.m. Nov. 22 and became the first remotely piloted aircraft to fly using the Fischer-Tropsch Synthetic Paraffinic Kerosene fuel and regular JP-8 jet fuel blend, Air Force public affairs said. The Fischer-Tropsch process is a set of chemical reactions that converts carbon-based materials into liquid hydrocarbons.…

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