Block XIX

Question 1

Goals for Navy Energy Vision

Answer 1

1. Value energy as strategic resource
2. Understand how energy security is vital to executing mission
3. Resilient to any future energy challenge

Question 1

When did the CNO sign Navy Energy Vision?

Answer 1

October 2010

Question 2

Designed to optimize fuel consumption by naval aviation units to ensure right amount of fuel is available for mission readiness

Answer 2

U.S. Navy Aviation Energy Conservation (Air ENCON) Program

Question 3

What are the Air ENCON program pillars?

Answer 3

• Developing energy awareness
• Building culture of innovation and sharing best practices
• Eliminating energy-consuming inefficiencies

Question 4

intended to offset typical operational inefficiencies that arise from the use of Super Hornet aircraft as aerial tankers

Answer 4

Short-Cycle Mission and Recovery Tanking (SMART)

Question 5

“yo-yo” tanking

Answer 5

staggering tanker cycles to provide fuel to recovery and mission tactical aircraft

Question 6

Pure SMART

Answer 6

Using only a single centerline aerial refueling store (ARS)

Question 7

Hybrid SMART

Answer 7

Employing 3-wet tankers for mission tanking and 1 for recovery tanking

Question 8

Hybrid SMART+

Answer 8

utilizing 5-wet mission tanker and an ARS only, or 3-wet recover tanker

Question 9

replacements for incandescent and fluorescent lighting fixtures

Answer 9

Light Emitting Diodes (LED)

Question 10

In 2012, President Obama declared what month as national energy action month?

Answer 10

October