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- ↑ DTIC ADA186752: Military Jet Fuels, 1944-1987, Defense Technical Information Center, p. 11
- ↑ DTIC ADA186752: Military Jet Fuels, 1944-1987, Defense Technical Information Center, p. 5
- ↑ "MIL-DTL-25524E, Detail Specification: Turbine Fuel, Aviation, Thermally Stable (20 Nov 1997) [Superseding MIL-T-25524D]".
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-11-18. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
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