Greening the Mixture: An Evaluation of the Department of Defense's Alternative Aviation Fuel Strategy

Abstract

Cost, consumption, and accessibility issues surrounding foreign petroleum have driven the Department of Defense to develop and publish an energy strategy founded on reduction, diversification, and affordability. Federal environmental mandates, geo-strategic security, technology, and logistics further complicate the achievement of energy security objectives. Aviation fuel possesses the greatest leverage for change and accounts for the largest percentage of energy use by the U.S. Armed Forces. The individual Services, particularly the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy, have grappled with implementing coherent and attainable aviation fuel strategies over the near-, mid-, and long-term. Presented in this thesis are an overview of DoD fuel strategy requirements; a history of Air and Naval alternative aviation fuel efforts over the past 15 years; assessments of the Services' and DoD's fuel strategies; and recommendations for attaining stated objectives in light of the challenges of availability, suitability, and affordability.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 08, 2012
Accession Number
ADA563008

Entities

People

  • Joseph W. Mckenna

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Alternative Fuels
  • Aviation Fuels
  • Climate Change Adaptation
  • Commercial Aviation
  • Department Of Defense
  • Energy Consumption
  • Energy Security
  • Fossil Fuels
  • Fuel Efficiency
  • Greenhouse Effect
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Testing
  • National Security
  • Petroleum
  • Renewable Energy
  • War Colleges

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