Jet fuel JP-4

Baji J. Ram Rao
15:45 Sat. 30-Mar-2013

JP-4 fuel a.k.a avtag or Jet Propellant 4, is a 50-50 mix of petrol and kerosene -- strong smell.

The US military used JP-4 fuel (MIL-DTL-5624) from the 1950s to the mid 1990s.
JP-4 powered all kinds of military equipment: jet aircraft, helicopters, tanks, trucks, stoves, heaters, generators, ...
If a lighted match is dropped into JP-4, it will not burn.

From 1996 onwards till date they use JP-8.