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  • Air Force blue goes green on energy, environment

    Air Force blue wants to leave a greener footprint with more environmentally-sound energy resources, said the service's senior energy executive during testimony to the House of Representative's Armed Services Committee and Readiness Subcommittee Feb. 29 on Capitol Hill. "The Air Force recognizes that

  • C-17 uses synthetic fuel blend on transcontinental flight

    The Air Force marked the 104th anniversary of powered flight Dec. 17 by completing the first transcontinental flight of an aircraft using a blend of regular aviation and synthetic fuel. A C-17 Globemaster III using the synthetic fuel blend lifted off shortly before dawn at McChord Air Force Base,

  • AF building bridges on energy, environment

    The Air Force's top energy and environmental steward wrapped up a week-long mission to Europe, building an energy awareness consortium among key air force and commercial aviation leaders Nov. 16. "Our goal was to connect with our counterparts in the French and British air forces, to build a

  • Air Force individuals, units win federal Energy and Water Management Award

    A number of Air Force people, units and bases were honored here Oct. 31 with the 2007 Federal Energy and Water management award, presented by Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman. Those awarded came from Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash.; Goodfellow AFB, Texas; Kirtland AFB, N.M.; Randolph AFB, Texas;