Air Force Seeks Funds To Keep Alternative Fuels Certification Office Open

By Courtney Albon / January 18, 2013 at 3:04 PM
The Air Force is looking for funds to avoid the impending closure of its alternative fuels certification office (AFCO), according to a service energy official. The energy official told Inside the Air Force in a Jan. 10 email that the future of the office's work certifying alternative fuels -- particularly the second phase of a process to authorize an Alcohol-to-Jet (ATJ) fuel blend for use throughout the service -- is contingent on his office's efforts to secure funding. Otherwise, AFCO...

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