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Air Force Tells Pilots ... Slow Down
The USAF is exploring options in its effort to reduce the amount of fuel used across its 4,693 aircraft fleet. With the recent price increase in oil, the Air Force is seeing a $1 billion increase in fuel cost for 2012. The Air Force is the largest energy user in the federal government, making 900 air mobility flights globally daily, including combat sorties. (www.aero-news.net) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Just add that billion into the $1.3 trillion deficit... nobody will notice.
Not to start a war, but more out of curiousity, I wonder how much fuel does something like a B-1 consume during an afterburner takeoff. I'm not advocating reducing operations, I prefer to have a well experienced and trained military.
I flew with a Bone driver who told me with the burners lit it's burning about 250K pph.
That's true of most AB aircraft. Full AB at sea level = 15 mins of flying.
B-1 in A-G config, going from 0-350 knots.. (assuming that 350 is pushed, and it's not less, taking off in < 2200ish ft) burns 1k-ish.
They'll slow down when pigs fly.bobx