It is anticipated that future jet fuels will be required to handle a thermal stress of approximately 900
F (480
C). Such an environment presents many challenges in providing fuels with the necessary thermal oxidativeand pyrolytic stability. We report single-tube flow reactor data which suggests that addition of 100 ppm ofdicyclohexylphenyl phosphine (DCP) to an air saturated JP-8, followed by stressing up to ~675
C, providessignificant improvement in both thermal oxidative and pyrolytic stability. In addition, we present our currentmechanistic understanding of how DCP might stabilize jet fuels under these extreme conditions. Finally, thiswork required us to reformulate the electron-transfer-initiated oxygenation (ETIO) mechanism proposed toexplain the reaction of DCP with molecular oxygen.