Ensuring safe jet fuel

Senior Airman Bryan Jackson, 23rd Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels technician, takes a reading of the amount of ohms in a filtration apparatus before pouring JP-8 jet fuel into the filter at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., April 27. Airman Jackson checked the ohms to ensure there is no static electricity which could potentially ignite the fuel. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Douglas Ellis)(RELEASED)

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Senior Airman Bryan Jackson, 23rd Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels technician, takes a reading of the amount of ohms in a filtration apparatus before pouring JP-8 jet fuel into the filter at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., April 27. Airman Jackson checked the ohms to ensure there is no static electricity which could potentially ignite the fuel. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Douglas Ellis)(RELEASED)

Senior Airman Bryan Jackson, 23rd Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels technician, pours JP-8 jet fuel into a filtration apparatus at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., April 27. The filter ensured there was no solid content in the fuel. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Douglas Ellis)(RELEASED)

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Senior Airman Bryan Jackson, 23rd Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels technician, pours JP-8 jet fuel into a filtration apparatus at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., April 27. The filter ensured there was no solid content in the fuel. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Douglas Ellis)(RELEASED)

$Tech. Sgt. Cameron Buckingham, 23rd Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels flight NCO in charge, zeroes out a refractometer at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., April 27. The refractometer is used to measure fuel system icing inhibitor content in Jet Fuel. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Douglas Ellis)(RELEASED)$

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Tech. Sgt. Cameron Buckingham, 23rd Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels flight NCO in charge, zeroes out a refractometer at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., April 27. The refractometer is used to measure fuel system icing inhibitor content in Jet Fuel. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Douglas Ellis)(RELEASED)

A flash point tester increases heat as it is lowered closer to some JP-8 Jet fuel at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., April 27. Each time the heat source was lowered, the device increased the temperature to test the fuel to determine what temperature will cause the fuel to ignite. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Douglas Ellis)(RELEASED)

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A flash point tester increases heat as it is lowered closer to some JP-8 Jet fuel at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., April 27. Each time the heat source was lowered, the device increased the temperature to test the fuel to determine what temperature will cause the fuel to ignite. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Douglas Ellis)(RELEASED)