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Originally Posted by kato13
The numbers are listed are tons per day.
The fuel usage of
1210 tons =
2,420,000 lbs of fuel divided by
6.84 lbs per gallon for jp-8
gives us 361,194 gallons
Jet fuel is slightly lighter so I think the numbers work out.
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You would be right sir. When I did the initial calculations I arrived at the same answer but for some reason (which I can't recall) I thought that number was in Liters. That's why I though it was kind of low.