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Jet fuel or aviation turbine fuel ( ATF, also abbreviated avtur) is a type of aviation fuel designed for use in aircraft powered by gas-turbine engines. It is colorless to straw-colored in appearance. The most commonly used fuels for commercial aviation are Jet A and Jet A-1, which are produced to a standardized international specification.
JP-4 was a non-conductive liquid, prone to build up static electricity when being moved through pipes and tanks. As it is volatile and has a low flash point, the static discharge could cause a fire. Beginning in the mid-1980s an antistatic agent was added to the fuel to lower the charge buildup and decrease the corresponding risk of fires.
JP-7. The Pratt & Whitney J58 (JT11D-20) turbojet aero engine, which had a specific fuel requirement; namely JP-7 turbine fuel. [1] Turbine Fuel Low Volatility JP-7, commonly known as JP-7 (referred to as Jet Propellant 7 prior to MIL-DTL-38219 [2]) is a specialized type of jet fuel developed in 1955 for the United States Air Force (USAF) for ...
JP-8. JP-8, or JP8 (for "Jet Propellant 8"), is a jet fuel, specified and used widely by the US military. It is specified by MIL-DTL-83133 and British Defence Standard 91-87, and similar to commercial aviation's Jet A-1, but with the addition of corrosion inhibitor and anti-icing additives. A kerosene -based fuel, JP-8 is projected to remain in ...
JP-10 (fuel) JP-10 fuel - (Jet Propellant 10), is a jet fuel, specified and used mainly as a gas turbine fuel in missiles. Despite being designed for military purposes, it is not a kerosene based fuel. It is a gas turbine fuel for missiles. [1] It contains mainly exo-tetrahydrodicyclopentadiene (a synthetic fuel ), and adamantane.
JPTS is a specialty fuel and is produced by only two oil refineries in the United States. As such, it has limited worldwide availability and costs over three times the per-gallon price of the Air Force's primary jet fuel, JP-8. Research is under way to find a cheaper and easier alternative involving additives to generally used jet fuels.
A Mark 77 bomb being loaded on an F/A-18 Hornet, 1993. The Mark 77 bomb (MK-77) is a United States 750-pound (340 kg) air-dropped incendiary bomb carrying 110 U.S. gallons (416 L; 92 imp gal) of a fuel gel mix which is the direct successor to napalm . The MK-77 is the primary incendiary weapon currently in use by the United States military.
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