I just read yesterday that DoD has agreed to change over to USAF has agreed to switch over to Jet-A as its part of the $100 million cost savings that Obama got all of his agencies to squeeze out of their budgets. Why are they spending money to find a new way to produce JP-8?
I know there's not an enormous difference between Jet-A and JP-8, but why work on producing something that won't be used?
Omit the icing and corrosion inhibitors, lubricants, and antistatic agents and JP-8 becomes Jet-A. That’s why it’s cheaper. That might be okay for military ground vehicles but substituting Jet-A for JP-8 in military aircraft could lead to expensive surprises.