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Fueling the skies at JBLE
June 18, 2024
Airman pouring liquid into container.

Fuels Airman Drives Innovation Through 3-D Printing
January 6, 2022
SrA Sasser has been interested in 3-D printing for four years. The design process itself only took Sasser about two hours and approximately three hours to physically print.

JBLE-Eustis Fuels Team Provides Installation-Wide Support
July 29, 2021

Gas by grass: transporting fuel by truck
March 11, 2020
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)

New pier, mission upgraded
April 25, 2018
Jeff Jenkins, barge captain, opens a fuel tank so that the Airmen from 733rd Logistics Readiness Squadron fuel laboratory can run tests, at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, March 23, 2018. The LRS Airmen must test the fuel to check if it contains any water before they can begin pumping. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Tristan Biese)

POL troops fuel the fight against ISIS
October 5, 2017
o ensure that all the installation’s fuel quality is kept up to industry standards, Staff Sgt. Boyle conducts daily quality assurance tests for water, solids and additives in the fuel.

‘Piering’ into future: Construction to improve fuel operations
April 20, 2017
Contractors dredge the river during construction preparations for a new pier, which is used to receive jet fuel, at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., April 17, 2017.  The new pier will be constructed out of concrete and will measure approximately 36 feet wide to give first responders access in times of emergency. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Areca T. Bell)

Fuel facilities supplies the ‘goods’ on, off flightline
April 12, 2017
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Austin Wesson, 733rd Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels distribution operator, and James Baldwin, 733rd LRS fuels facilities fuels distribution systems operator, fill a liquid oxygen cart at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., April 7, 2017. Every 90 days a sample of liquid oxygen has to be taken and sent to lab for inspection at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, to ensure it is at least 99.5 percent pure. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Areca T. Bell)

POL: we fuel the fight
February 8, 2017
U.S. Air Force Airman Anthony Sanchez, 733rd Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels distribution operator, moves a fuel line in place during a hot pit refuel at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., Jan. 6, 2017. Hot pits which can be done in less than 20 minutes, allowing aircraft to quickly launch after refueling. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kaylee Dubois)