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To answer a couple of questions about JP-5. It is not dyed. It is taken from the aircraft low point drains after it settles for at least 2 hours after fueling before the 1st flight of the day. One of 2 things usually happens with it after that. (1) You either use it to fuel your diesel Ground Support Equipment (which you're not supposed to do, but some of us don't have the patience to wait for the fuel truck to come by and fuel you so you might as well use it as long as it's not contaminated with water and such). (2) You do the right thing and place the fuel samples in either a contaminated fuel drum or a non-contaminated fuel drum based on the outcome of the sample. When the drum is full the hazmat folks come by and take the drum and pay a civilian company to come and take it away. There are a few things to remember here. The fuel is payed for with squadron OPTAR funding which means you are burning fuel payed for by the US gov't. Just a quick sea story and then I'll let you go. Some sailors in Patuxet River Maryland were putting their AVGAS samples into their Privately Owned Vehicles and subsequently ended up going to Captain's mast and were reduced to the next inferior paygrade for doing so. Bottom line is "IT's ILLEGAL". Ask me how I know all this. I'm a 21 year active duty Chief Warrant Officer in the Navy and have held the positions of Material Control Officer and Maintenance Material Control Officer in a F/A-18E Super Hornet squadron.