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Renewables, Efficiency Take Flight In US Air Force Energy Strategy

April 10th, 2013 | by Silvio Marcacci

Unstable global energy supplies and greatly reduced federal funding might be the two biggest threats facing the US Air Force – but it looks like clean energy technology is the solution to both. The USAF's Energy Strategic Plan outlines a major shift toward energy efficiency, renewables, distributed generation and microgrids, and green building to "actively seek solutions to the energy challenges that pose a threat to our operations."


Legendary Air Force Thunderbirds Give Camelina Jet Biofuel a Workout

May 23rd, 2011 | by Tina Casey

It's showtime for camelina, a modest, weedy little plant that has started to make a big splash in the biofuel world. The U.S. Air Force took camelina under its wing a couple of years ago and tested it out on the A-10C Thunderbolt II, and it must have done pretty well because for the first time ever a camelina based jet fuel has been used by the Thunderbirds, the Air Force's official aerial demonstration team.



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