The service began the switch from JP-8 to Jet A after an Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century initiative approved in May 2008.
JP-8 and Jet A are both kerosene-based aviation fuels.
It has a slightly different freezing point of -40[degrees]C compared to -47[degrees]C for JP-8.
JP-8 and F-24 are completely interchangeable fuels for all CONUS operations.
CAUTION: NAVAIR 00-80T-109 (Aircraft Refueling NATOPS Manual) contains special procedures that must be followed when it becomes necessary to defuel aircraft that have been fueled with the emergency fuel
JP-8 +100 (F-37).
First, we established a new and more accurate "apples to apples" pricing comparison, which was adopted as the new standard by the two agencies necessary to enact a switch from
JP-8 to Jet A fuel.
In this study, we examined the contributions of dermal and inhalation exposure to naphthalene, as a marker for
JP-8 exposure (Chao et al.
The Department of Defense completed a 20-year phased changeover from gasoline-based JP-4 to the safer and more versatile kerosene-based
JP-8 in 1996.
JP-4 is described as a "wide cut, gasoline type" fuel, whereas
JP-8 is more like kerosene (much less flammable than gasoline).
PROVIDED THOSE ENGINES ARE AUTHORIZED TO OPERATE WITH
JP-8 AND JET A FUEL.
They're adding oil to the vehicle's fuel tank when they refuel with
JP-8. These "home brews" have also included adding power steering or brake fluid or transmission or engine oil to the vehicle's fuel system.
Diesel burns dirtier than
JP-8. It leaves more carbon residue in the burner, especially on the wick, around the glow plug and in the burner chamber.