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search  JP-8, or JP8 (for "Jet Propellant 8") is a jet fuel,
specified and used widely by the US military. It is specified by
MIL-DTL-83133 and British Defence Standard 91-87, and similar to
commercial aviation's Jet-A.    It was specified in 1990 by the
U.S. government as a replacement for government diesel fueled
vehicles.  The U.S. Air Force replaced JP-4 with JP-8 completely
by the fall of 1996, to use a less flammable, less hazardous
fuel for better safety and combat survivability.  The U.S. Navy
uses a similar formula, JP-5. JP-5 has an even higher flash
point of > 60 °C (140 °F), but also a higher cost.  Outside of
powering aircraft, JP-8 is used as a fuel for heaters,
stoves,[1][2] tanks,[3] by the U.S. military and its NATO allies
as a replacement for diesel fuel in the engines of nearly all
tactical ground vehicles and electrical generators, and as a
coolant in engines and some other aircraft components. The use
of a single fuel greatly simp