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  • Dover helps AFRL make C-17s safer, lighter, more fuel efficient

    The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Advanced Power Technology Office (APTO), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, collaborated with Dover Air Force Base and private companies on programs to make the entire C-17 Globemaster III fleet lighter, safer and more fuel efficient for the future at Dover

  • Could flying faster save the Air Force fuel?

    In support of the Air Force Operational Energy Program, six F-22 Raptors flew from Alaska to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, accompanied by two aerial refueling KC-10 Extenders on Aug. 13, 2017, to determine if flying at an increased speed could optimize operational energy consumption.

  • Fuel efficiency big winner at A/TA - 349th AMW KC-10 2016 winner

    October’s Energy Action Month ended on a high note at this year’s Airlift/Tanker Association (A/TA) Convention in Nashville, Tenn. The Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Environment and Energy (SAF/IE) hosted an Energy Panel seminar discussion and the AMC Commander presented the command’s