POET presented with American Flag

Earlier this week, Major Andrew Chontos, MD (pictured here on the left) presented Jeff Broin, CEO of POET, with an American Flag that was flown in honor of POET for strengthening our nation through energy independence. The flag was flown over the Sather Air Base at Baghdad International Airport, Iraq during OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM on Sunday, June 24, 2007.

During the presentation, Major Chontos shared a few military fuel facts with us:

• The Air Forces is the highest fuel consumer of all the military branches.
• During a training weekend at the South Dakota Air National Guard, 10 F-16s typically fly two missions a day for two days consuming 60,000 gallons of fuel. One mission uses 1,500 gallons of fuel.
• At Camp Sather (Baghdad, Iraq) 10,000 gallons of fuel are used per day for air conditioning and other electrical generation to support 1,000 airmen.