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HERF - HAZARD OF
ELECTROMAGNETI C
RADI ATI ON TO FUEL
HERF is the hazard You can see how that
associated with the might be a concern
possibility of igniting aboard and aircraft
fuel or other volatile carrier where
materials through RF refueling of aircraft
energy induced arcs in the onboard EME
or sparks. is a common
Although modern fuels procedure.
like JP-5 are much Fortunately, there
safer than older fuels are many operational
like JP-4, it still takes safeguards against
a certain amount of this problem.
arc energy to ignite a
fuel.
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HAZARD OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
