PACIFIC OCEAN (July 17, 2012) Aviation BoatswainÕs Mate (Fuels) 3rd Class Joshua Palomares checks the specific gravity of biofuel with a thermo hydrometer in the quality surveillance fuel shop aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during a replenishment at sea. Nimitz took on 200,000 gallons of a 50-50 blend of advanced biofuels and traditional petroleum based fuel during the Navy's Great Green Fleet demonstration portion of the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2012 exercise. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Devin Wray/Released) 120717-N-ZG290-107 Join the

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PACIFIC OCEAN (July 17, 2012) Aviation BoatswainÕs Mate (Fuels) 3rd Class Joshua Palomares checks the specific gravity of biofuel with a thermo hydrometer in the quality surveillance fuel shop aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during a replenishment at sea. Nimitz took on 200,000 gallons of a 50-50 blend of advanced biofuels and traditional petroleum based fuel during the Navy's Great Green Fleet demonstration portion of the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2012 exercise. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Devin Wray/Released) 120717-N-ZG290-107 Join the conversation - Official Navy Imagery - Biofuels are tested aboard Nimitz. (1)

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