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Tag: fuel barge

A contracted fuel truck unloads fuel into tanks at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, March 10, 2020. Having a ready supply of fuel enables JBLE to continue the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sarah Dowe)

March 11, 2020

Gas by grass: transporting fuel by truck

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Joint Base Langley-Eustis website — No matter how well jets are maintained, they can’t fly without fuel. That’s where the Fuels Management Flight comes in.

A field where underground fuel was formerly stored. The grass is green and trees appear in the distance.

June 18, 2018

DFSP Yorktown ceases fuel operations

YORKTOWN, Virginia — The final large barge lift of jet fuel marks the end of an era for the historic Defense Fuel Support Point Yorktown, Virginia, June 6. The transfer of 150,000 barrels of jet fuel to the Military Sealift Command fuel barge, Petrochem Producer, and the drawdown of fuel to tank bottom levels marks the start of the final accountability process for the 117 year-old, government-owned, contractor-operated fuel terminal.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jakob Miner, 1st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, signals an F-22 Raptor to stop at a hydrogen pit for a hot pit refuel at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., Jan. 6, 2017. Hydrogen pits are connected to underground pipes that allow fuel to flow from nearby storage tanks. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kaylee Dubois)

Feb. 8, 2017

POL: we fuel the fight

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. – — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Joint Base Langley-Eustis website — From refueling jets and firetrucks to testing fuel samples and maintaining liquid oxygen, the 733rd Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels management flight does it all at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.