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		wbl on July 28, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Unleaded Avgas Approved Jet-A is Jet-A. It's the engines: the Army would like to avoid having to schlep around two kinds of fuel that can get confused to disastrous results.

sokoloff on July 28, 2021 | [–]

The Army is almost surely using JP-8, which is similar but not identical to Jet-A.

jacobmarble on July 28, 2021 | [–]

Yes, obviously. Safer to drive a diesel truck on Jet-A than a Chinook on diesel.

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