Air Force Has Cut Fuel Consumption By 12 Percent Since 2006

By Gabe Starosta / March 21, 2013 at 5:36 PM
The Air Force has surpassed its goal of reducing fuel consumption by 10 percent several years ahead of schedule, two senior service officials said today. In a teleconference with reporters, Jamie Morin and Kevin Geiss, the Air Force's acting under secretary and deputy assistant secretary for energy, respectively, announced that the service has cut fuel consumption by 12 percent since 2006 well ahead of its 2015 target date. In 2006, the service used about 2.5 billion gallons of fuel, Geiss...

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