Jet aircraft need fuel – and lots of it – to traverse the big blue sky. That’s why it’s up to ground personnel, particularly logisticians, to keep everything from fighter jets to big burly cargo plans topped off with high-quality fuel; and they use specialized trucks and plenty of elbow grease to do it. (Photos courtesy of the U.S. Department of Defense)
Sean Kilcarr is a former longtime FleetOwner senior editor who wrote for the publication from 2000 to 2018. He served as editor-in-chief from 2017 to 2018.