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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman James Brothers, 35th Logistic Readiness Squadron fuels lab tech, collects JP-8 fuel delivered from a tanker truck on Misawa Air Base, Japan, July 21, 2021. The JP-8 will be tested for additives and impurities as part of an overall quality check from the alternate receipt capability test. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Chris Jacobs)

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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman James Brothers, 35th Logistic Readiness Squadron fuels lab tech, collects a sample of JP-8 fuel delivered via tanker truck during an alternate receipt capability test on Misawa Air Base, Japan, July 21, 2021. This was the first of two deliveries to Misawa in order to test the proof of concept of an alternative fuel delivery system. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Chris Jacobs)

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Members from the 35th Logistics Readiness Squadron Fuels Management Flight watch JP-8 fuel flow through the pipeline system at Misawa Air Base, Japan, July 21, 2021. The JP-8 was delivered via a tanker truck, which serves as an alternate receipt capability if the primary fuel delivery system is damaged due to wartime contingencies or natural disaster. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Chris Jacobs)

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Two workers from Ueno Yuso Company connect a tanker truck full of JP-8 fuel to a pipeline on Misawa Air Base, Japan, July 21, 2021. Misawa Air Base’s primary method of receiving fuel is via a pipeline from the Defense Fuel Servicing Point. The 35th Logistic Readiness Squadron Fuel Management Flight must test this alternate fuel delivery system annually. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Chris Jacobs)

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A worker from Ueno Yuso Company prepares to unload JP-8 fuel from a tanker truck during an alternate receipt capability test at Misawa Air Base, Japan, July 21, 2021. The test is an annual requirement of the 35th Logistics Readiness Squadron Fuels Management Flight to determine the ability to meet the base support plan requirements for alternate fuel resupply. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Chris Jacobs)

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Troy Farris, 35th Logistic Readiness Squadron fuels lab supervisor, checks a sample of JP-8 fuel for additives and impurities during an alternate receipt capability test at Misawa Air Base, Japan, July 21, 2021. Misawa Air Base’s primary fuel delivery system is a pipeline connected directly to the Defense Fuel Servicing Point. A tanker truck delivery system is the alternate method of fuel delivery and needs to be tested annually for compliance and proof of concept. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Chris Jacobs)

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Alternate Fuel Receipt Capability Test

Published July 21, 2021

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