C-17 Conducts Flight Test With Biofuel

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The Air Force's ongoing alternative fuels certification efforts took another step forward late last month when a C-17 Globemaster III from Edwards Air Force Base, CA flew on all engines using jet fuel blended with a combination of traditional petroleum-based fuel, or JP-8, biofuel derived in part from animal fat, and synthetic fuel derived from coal.