Aviation Field Maintenance Flashcards
Functional Responsibility
to provide safe, reliable, and fully mission capable aircraft.
Two types of Mission Capable
Fully Mission Capable (FMC) and Partially Mission Capable (PMC).
Two Types of Non-Mission Capable
Not Fully Mission Capable Supply (NMCS) and Not Fully Mission Capable Maintenance (NMCM)
The objective of Army Aviation (Maintenance Objective)
maintaining readiness at the optimal level with the fewest resources
Controlled Exchange
is the removal of unserviceable component used to exchange for a serviceable component from a non-mission capable (NMC) aircraft, to bring a piece of equipment to MC status.
Condition based maintenance
is the application and integration of appropriate processes, technologies, and knowledge-based capabilities to improve the reliability and maintenance effectiveness of DOD systems and components.
Two levels of Maintenance
Field and Sustainment
AVUM and AVIM will be disregarded and the correct term will be
field (unit/intermediate) maintenance
AVUM and AVIM will be disregarded and the correct term will be
field (unit/intermediate) maintenance
Three types of maintenance
Unit/Intermediate/Depot
Field maintenance includes and
maintenance.
unit (Flight and Maintenance Company)
intermediate (Aviation Support Battalion)
Who has all responsibility of all maintenance?
The Brigade Commander
maintenance refers to all maintenance performed on equipment above and outside of the CAB/ARS.
Sustainment (Depot)
Battle Damage Assessment and Repair
is the responsibility of the commander (based on mission, enemy, terrain and weather, troops and support available, time available and civil considerations).
Preventative Maintenance Daily (PMD)
will conducted after the last flight of the mission day or before the first flight of the next mission day.
