Air Force Combats Fuel Budget Woes By Controlling Consumption, Efficiency

By Courtney Albon / October 17, 2012 at 4:13 PM
The Air Force is continuing its efforts to mitigate the impact of volatile fuel prices by reducing flying hours and pursuing more energy-efficient operations, according to the service's energy chief. Speaking this morning at an Air Force Association breakfast, Kevin Geiss, the Air Force's deputy assistant secretary for energy, said that because the Air Force has no control over changes in the price of fuel, it must focus on the pieces of the equation it can control -- usage and...

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