SH-60S Biofuel Test

NAS PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (Nov. 18, 2010) A U.S. Navy MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Blackjacks of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (HX) 21tests a 50/50 Camelina seed-based biofuel blend. The mission of the MH60S is anti-surface warfare, combat support, humanitarian disaster relief and search and rescue, medical evacuation, special warfare and airborne mine countermeasures. The test demonstrates another step toward the certification of fuels from non-petroleum sources for use in all Navy and Marine Corps aircraft.