[Recon Dad]

One hundred years ago the navy of the United States and Great Britain switched from running on coal to oil. It was done because ships could go faster and thus out maneuver their enemy, so there was a compelling reason to make the change.
With no shortage of oil on the horizon and no advantage in making a plane go faster there is no reason to switch to a syn fuel that costs 2.5 times as much as your present fuel. I would be very interested to find out the long term effects this syn fuel might have on these engines.

[Recon Dad]

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, as quoted in the National Journal, that “we are doing this for one simple reason: It makes us better fighters” because “our use of fossil fuels is a very real threat to our national security and to the U.S. Navy ability to protect America and project power overseas.”

......you just can’t say the above with a straight face.